Racecourse News, Events & Racing Insights

  • Sweet Deal Claims The Hunter
    Sweet Deal Claims The Hunter

    The $1 million The Hunter was run and won at Newcastle on Saturday and the trophy headed back to Randwick with the John Thompson-trained Sweet Deal. The genuine six-year-old mare took her earnings beyond $1.3 million when she and Nash Rawiller gunned down the local…

  • Sky Racing exclusive interview
    Sky Racing exclusive interview

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  • Gary Harley- Preview- The Hunter
    Gary Harley- Preview- The Hunter

    Race 1 – Sage Painting Max Lees Classic- 900m All of these two year oldโ€™s are having their first start but have had at least one barrier trial. The Godolphin filly Sliders was never off the bit in a recent Randwick trial and she has…

  • The Hunter rising fast as Newcastleโ€™s main event
    The Hunter rising fast as Newcastleโ€™s main event

    https://www.racenet.com.au/news/australian-bloodstock-boss-says-newcastles-new-race-has-become-a-major-spring-carnival-goal-20201112 Newcastleโ€™s $1 millionย The TAB Hunter meetingย has the potential to become a โ€œmini-Everest carnivalโ€ for the provincials. This is the prediction of Australia Bloodstockโ€™s Jamie Lovett who has three runners in Saturdayโ€™s big Broadmeadow race โ€“ Special Reward, Tactical Advantage and Chief Ironside. Lovett might…

  • Gary Harley- The Herald -14.11.20
    Gary Harley- The Herald -14.11.20

    Signore Foxโ€™s slashing recent trial win at Randwick on October 30 has convinced his co-trainer Peter Snowden that the five-year-old has an undeniable chance in Saturdayโ€™s The TAB Hunter (1300m) at Newcastle Racecourse. A crackerjack field of sprinters will line up in what is now…

  • Horse racing: The Hunter prizemoney not only attraction to Newcastle
    Horse racing: The Hunter prizemoney not only attraction to Newcastle

    ONE of the world’s biggest racing operations, Godolphin, won Newcastle’s richest race, the $1 million The Hunter, last year with Savatiano. Newcastle Jockey Club race supervisor Michael Buckley is confident the biggest stables will continue to bring their best horses to Broadmeadow – and not…

  • The Hunter 2020: Godolphin gang-tackling rich Newcastle race with five entries
    The Hunter 2020: Godolphin gang-tackling rich Newcastle race with five entries

    Defending champย Savatianoย heads five entries for Godolphin trainerย James Cummingsย for the $1 million The Hunter (1300m) atย Newcastle. Savatiano and stablematesย Flit,ย Gaulois,ย Ranierย andย Asiagoย are among 28 entries for Newcastleโ€™s richest race. The final field is restricted to 15 starters. There Hunter has attracted a quality entry with 12 horses boasting a…

  • RNSW- Gary Harley
    RNSW- Gary Harley

    Newcastle Gold Cup Day The 2020 Sharp Electronics Group Newcastle Gold Cup Day held on September 18 has been hailed as the best in recent years. With crowds restricted to the pandemic, 1200 racegoers quickly snapped up allowable seating to witness a quality program which…

  • Savatiano heads Blue Army assault in Hunter defence
    Savatiano heads Blue Army assault in Hunter defence

    www.racenet.com.au/news/savatiano-set-for-the-hunter-defence-20201109   Defending champ Savatiano heads five entriesย for Godolphin trainer James Cummings for the $1 million The Hunter (1300m) at Newcastle. Savatiano and stablemates Flit, Gaulois, Ranier and Asiago are among 28 entries for Newcastleโ€™s richest race. The final field is restricted to 15 starters.…

  • MEDIA RELEASE โ€“ THE HUNTER
    MEDIA RELEASE โ€“ THE HUNTER

    MEDIA RELEASE โ€“ THE HUNTER   The second running of the $1 million โ€˜The Hunterโ€™ will take place on Saturday, November 14, headlining an exciting nine-race metropolitan standalone meeting at Newcastle Racecourse. The Hunter, a 1300 metre race for top class sprinters, was first run…

  • Gary Harley Wrap – 31.10.20
    Gary Harley Wrap – 31.10.20

    Former South Australian galloper Super, son of champion sire Snitzel, continued his love affair with the Newcastle track when he raced away with the 1600 metre Benchmark 64 Handicap on Saturday. In his past six starts Super has won three races all at Newcastle and…

  • Obituary: Newcastle race-caller John “Macca” McDermott remembered as all-round legend
    Obituary: Newcastle race-caller John “Macca” McDermott remembered as all-round legend

    https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6994686/obituary-newcastle-race-caller-john-macca-mcdermott-remembered-as-all-round-legend/ Legendary Newcastle race-caller John McDermott has been remembered as a “champion bloke” and an outstanding mentor after his death on Monday at age 75 from bone cancer. McDermott, who lived at Lambton, was best remembered in recent years as the voice of The Gardens…