Racecourse News, Events & Racing Insights

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 05.03.21
    Gary Harley – Preview – 05.03.21

    Race 1- Australian Bloodstock Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2300m Chenin Blanc is knocking on the door after placings in her last three starts at Goulburn, Newcastle and Scone. She made a long searching run from the tail of the field when beaten a length…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 05.03.21
    Gary Harley – Herald – 05.03.21

    Newcastleโ€™s famous Lees family has tasted success in five Group 3 Newcastle Newmarketโ€™s and come Friday afternoon it may be six. The time-honoured Newcastle Newmarket was first run in 1965 when the TJ Smith trained Seacraft was successful. It has always been a โ€˜good horsesโ€™…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 02/03/21
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 02/03/21

    Newcastle 12-time Group 1 winning trainer Paul Perry struck the first blow in the 2021 Polytrack Provincial Championship series when his four-year-old Pandano careered away to win the opening qualifier at Newcastle on Saturday. In an all-Newcastle trained trifecta, Pandano which was backed from $5.50…

  • Gary Harley – Preview 27.02.21
    Gary Harley – Preview 27.02.21

    RACE 1 – NEWCASTLE MBA APPRENTICE SCHEMES MAIDEN PLATE 1200M In Flanders has been placed in all four starts this prep and she has drawn ideally. The filly was runner up in a very strong Gosford Maiden last start and she will appreciate the longer…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 27.02.21
    Gary Harley – Herald – 27.02.21

    Successful Wyong trainer Damien Lane is hopeful his Polytrack Provincial Championship aspirant Bombasay can cause an upset in Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle Qualifier over 1400 metres. The Newcastle Qualifier is the first of five at the provincial circuits, with Gosford, Wyong, Hawkesbury and Kembla Grange staging their…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap 20.02.21
    Gary Harley – Wrap 20.02.21

    Port Stephens breeder and former Lord Mayor Bruce Mackenzie continued his successful season with a winner at Newcastle and Eagle Farm on Saturday. At Newcastle, Mackenzieโ€™s lightly raced four-year-old Oakfield Hiawatha stepped up in class when he contested the 1300 metre Prosperity Advisers Group Class…

  • Gary Harley – Herald/ Preview 20.02.21
    Gary Harley – Herald/ Preview 20.02.21

    Newcastle three time Premiership winner Andrew Gibbons is confident of a successful day on his home track on Saturday. โ€˜Gibboโ€™ has four mounts for Kris Lees, one for Joe Pride and Les Bridge. His first two mounts are for Lees and they are his best…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 18.02.21
    Gary Harley – Preview – 18.02.21

    Race 1- TAB Venue Mode Class 1 Handicap 900m Miss Bosetti has raced in Victoria for seven of her eight starts. She won a two- year-old race at Mornington and she has been placed at Moonee Valley. Barrier one is a positive and the filly…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 18.02.21
    Gary Harley – Herald – 18.02.21

    Regally bred Miss Bosetti is expected to kick favourite backers off on a winning note when she contests the 900 metre Tab Venue Mode Class 1 Handicap at Newcastle on Thursday. The three-year-old daughter of champion Hunter Valley sire Snitzel has had seven of her…

  • Racing NSW – Feb Issue 2021
    Racing NSW – Feb Issue 2021

    Sam On Comeback Trail Talented Newcastle apprentice Samantha Clenton has been given a clearance to return to race riding after a frustrating time on the sideline. Clentonโ€™s last ride was at Scone on May 15, 2020 and at the time she had ridden 89 winners…

  • Racing: Newcastle Jockey Club says Beaumont course set to reopen in late March
    Racing: Newcastle Jockey Club says Beaumont course set to reopen in late March

    Newcastle Jockey Club chief Matt Benson hopes to have the secondary, Beaumont track at Broadmeadow back in action by the end of March after a grass worm infestation forced it out of use earlier than expected. Two meetings in December were moved from the inside,…

  • Racing NSW – Newcastle 15 Feb, Transferred To Muswellbrook Racecourse
    Racing NSW – Newcastle 15 Feb, Transferred To Muswellbrook Racecourse

    The Newcastle race meeting scheduled for Monday, 15th February 2021 has been transferred toย Muswellbrook Racecourse. As a consequence, the following distance amendments apply: F&M’s BM58 Handicap (1200m) is nowย 1280m C,G&E’s BM58 Handicap (1200m) is nowย 1280m Class 2 Handicap (1350m) is nowย 1450m Class 1 Handicap (1250m)…