Racecourse News

  • Gary Harley- Wrap- 07.12.20
    Gary Harley- Wrap- 07.12.20

    Veteran Sydney trainer Pat Webster chose Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle race meeting for his swan song to thoroughbred training and his lone runner Kosciusko went within three quarters of a length of providing his trainer with a fairy tale farewell. Webster, after a fifty-five-year career in racing…

  • Gary Harley – RNSW- Nov Issue
    Gary Harley – RNSW- Nov Issue

    150mm of torrential rain in the lead up and on the scheduled race day forced the postponement of the Jungle Juice and Cessnock Cups race meeting on October 26. Visibility and flooding of the clubโ€™s carparks prevented the meeting from proceeding – incredibly, the track…

  • Gary Harley – Herald 05.12.20
    Gary Harley – Herald 05.12.20

    Last seasons New South Wales Jockeys Premiership winner Andrew Gibbons has a nice book of rides with five mounts at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle race meeting. โ€˜Gibboโ€™ has ridden 23 winners in just over four months in the current season and Newcastle is his favourite track. He…

  • Gary Harley- Preview- 05.12.20
    Gary Harley- Preview- 05.12.20

    Race 1 – Newcastle Stevedores Class 1 Handicap 900m   Britain put the writing on the wall first up when a close fourth at Warwick Farm on November 25. He was very impressive in winning a 2YO Maiden at Newcastle in May and he was…

  • Gary Harley Wrap- Legends Race Day 01.12.20
    Gary Harley Wrap- Legends Race Day 01.12.20

    The Newcastle Jockey Club held its Legends Race Day on Tuesday and on a perfectly prepared track, the racing was first class. The Legends were Paul Perry, Kris Lees, Robert Thompson and Gary Harley. A race was named after Newcastle legendary race caller John McDermott…

  • Gary Harley – Preview Legends Raceday
    Gary Harley – Preview Legends Raceday

    Race 1 – Gary Harley Benchmark 64 Handicap 2330m Tann Hills caught the eye with a fast finishing third at Hawkesbury last start. He hit the line hard when beaten two lengths at Gosford two starts back. Andrew Gibbons rides and he may race closer.…

  • Sunday 29.11.20 Meeting Postponed to Tuesday 01.12.20
    Sunday 29.11.20 Meeting Postponed to Tuesday 01.12.20

    Please note that with a forecast maximum of 43 degrees, Racing NSW has postponed the race meeting scheduled for Newcastle on Sunday (29th November). The meeting will now be staged at Newcastle onย Tuesday (1st December). Newcastle (Sunday) Moved To Tuesday (1st December)  

  • Gary Harley- Herald 29.11.20
    Gary Harley- Herald 29.11.20

    The Newcastle Jockey Clubโ€™s Legends Day is scheduled for this Sunday, with eight races programmed for the Newcastle Racecourse course proper. The four Legends honoured on Sunday are Paul Perry, Kris Lees, Robert Thompson and Gary Harley. The NJC will also recognise the contribution to…

  • Gary Harley Wrap 24.11.20
    Gary Harley Wrap 24.11.20

    The regally bred filly Glowing Red is expected to spell after she broke through for her first win in her second start at Newcastle on Tuesday. It was a Cessnock meeting held on the course proper and all eyes were on Glowing Red, the half-sister…

  • Racing: Hot prospect Glowing Red arrives just in time for Kris Lees at Newcastle
    Racing: Hot prospect Glowing Red arrives just in time for Kris Lees at Newcastle

    Broadmeadow trainer Kris Lees is looking to the autumn with Glowing Red after the half-sister of In Her Time knuckled down late to break through at her second start on Tuesday at Newcastle Racecourse. Carrying the colours of two-time group 1-winning Newcastle sprinter In Her…

  • Racing: Confidence high in The Hunter after bumper meeting
    Racing: Confidence high in The Hunter after bumper meeting

    THE second annual The Hunter meeting at Newcastle Racecourse was a hit with punters after betting turnover increased almost 40 per cent on last year’s debut. The Saturday, November 14 program, which featured the $1 million The Hunter, group 3 Spring Stakes and the Max…

  • Gary Harley- Herald- 24.11.20
    Gary Harley- Herald- 24.11.20

    Leading Sydney jockey Brenton Avdulla has a full book of rides at the Cessnock meeting at Broadmeadow on Tuesday, and all six of his mounts are trained by Kris Lees. The most interesting of Avdullas mounts is the three-year-old half-sister to Group 1 winner In…