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Gary Harley – The Herald- 15.04.21
Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup heads to Thursday’s Newcastle race meeting with three winning prospects and the popular trainer is hoping for a change of fortune. Only last Saturday, Widdup’s bonnie mare Icebath dashed to the lead inside the 100-metre point in the $3M Doncaster only…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 10.04.21
Irishman Lee Magorrian produced a career best performance at the NJC race meeting on Saturday when he rode four winners on the eight-race program. Magorrian, who is attached to the Chris Waller stable, rode the first four winners including a treble for Waller. The popular…
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Happy Clapper @ Newcastle Show 2021
By Julieanne Horsman While Happy Clapper is famous for his impressive Group 1 victories at Royal Randwick, Newcastle was also a happy hunting ground for the people’s horse. He raced there twice for a win in the 2017 Group 3 Newmarket Handicap and a 3rd in…
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Gary Harley Preview – 10.04.2021
Race 1 PFD Food Services Maiden Handicap1865m Yellowstone was backed from double figures into $3.10 on debut at Gosford on March 27. After racing in second place, he tired to be beaten four lengths. He had been trialling well and this is not a strong…
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Gary Harley- Wrap- 30.03.21
Newcastle’s premier trainer Kris Lees left the Newcastle Racecourse a happy man and rightly so on Tuesday. His Doncaster Mile favourite Mugatoo galloped brilliantly between races and he took the lead in the Newcastle Trainer’s Premiership after saddling up two winners. Lees only had three…
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Gary Harley- Preview- 30.03.21
Race 1- Reward Hospitality 2YO Maiden Handicap – 900m Most of the field are on debut and there are a number of good triallists. Heavenly Field led in a recent Rosehill trial and was narrowly beaten by a horse that went very well at Gosford…
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Gary Harley- The Herald – 30.03.21
Mugatoo, the clear cut $4.50 favourite for the $3 Million Randwick Doncaster Mile on April 10, will have a track gallop between races at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on Tuesday. The imported 6 year old with a 50% winning record hasn’t raced since…
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Newcastle Races Today – Postponed
After a track inspection by Racing NSW Stewards this morning and with forecasts of heavy rainfall throughout the day, the decision has been made to postpone the Newcastle meeting scheduled for today due to the state of the track being deemed unsuitable for racing. https://www.racingnsw.com.au/news/latest-racing-news/newcastle-races-today-postponed-2/…
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THE BIG FELLA’S MAIL
THE BIG FELLA’S MAIL THURSDAY 18, MARCH 2021 Race 1 COASTLINE POOLS AND SPAS MAIDEN HANDICAP 900M 5 Gravity Zero 1st Start. Impressive Trials 4 Excelness Fast Filly- Big Player 9 Silver Lass Has Led Both Starts- Has No Weight 7 Invitare 1st Up-…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 18.03.21
The prospect of a wet track has enhanced the confidence of Wyong trainer Kristen Buchanan who has promising three-year-old Earl Of Sandwich heading to Newcastle on Thursday. The gelding is the early favourite for the 1400 metre Minder Cloud Services Maiden Handicap in which Sam…
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Gary Harley – Preview – 18.03.21
Race 1 – Coastline Pools & Spas Maiden Handicap 900m Gravity Zero is on debut from the Waller stable and the filly comes off a nice recent trial at Rosehill. She went to the line under no pressure when runner up to Star Cherie in…
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Newcastle star Mugatoo makes most of lucky breaks to win All-Star Mile
Australian Bloodstock director Luke Murrell believed his syndication’s colours and their main trainer, Newcastle’s Kris Lees, were due some luck in a big race. So on Saturday at Moonee Valley when All-Star Mile favourite Arcadia Queen was scratched, then the heavens, and a gap in…
