Racecourse News, Events & Racing Insights

  • Gary Harley Herald 08.08.20
    Gary Harley Herald 08.08.20

    Champion country trainer Brett Cavanough doesnโ€™t venture to Newcastle Racecourse very often, but on Saturday heโ€™s sending a talented mare to Broadmeadow before she heads to stud this season. Described by her trainer as a โ€˜Nutcaseโ€™ Hardspot, a six-year-old mare in only her ninth start,…

  • Gary Harley Preview- 08.08.20
    Gary Harley Preview- 08.08.20

    Race 1- Sharp Electronics Group Open Handicap 900m The lightly raced mare Hardspot has won four from eight and she has a good fresh record. In her only start on this track she blitzed a smart field in April. The mare is very smart and…

  • Newcastle Racecourse Closure – Saturday 8 August
    Newcastle Racecourse Closure – Saturday 8 August

    Following consultation with Chairman Geoff Barnett and advice to Racing NSW officials earlier today, management has made the decision that, given the proximity to the Spring Carnival and the tenuous scenario we currently face with this pandemic, the club will revert to the protocols in…

  • The Newcastle Racecourse 2020 Spring Racing Carnival Members pre-sale
    The Newcastle Racecourse 2020 Spring Racing Carnival Members pre-sale

    [vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Newcastle Racecourse 2020 Spring Racing Carnival is now open for a Members pre-sale! Tickets will go on sale to the public on Tuesday 11 August 2020 at 9am. The premier event on the Newcastle social calendar. This event attracts the glorious spectacle of…

  • Samantha Clenton Update- 31.07.20
    Samantha Clenton Update- 31.07.20

    Samantha Clenton Update- 30.07.2020 Newcastle apprentice Samantha Clenton has not ridden since Scone Cup Day on May 15 and she may have to undergo more surgery in August. Clenton apprenticed to Kris Lees was cruising towards a century of wins for the current 2019-20 when…

  • August Race Day packages are now live!
    August Race Day packages are now live!

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Let’s have some fun on track this August! We are excited to see you back at Newcastle Racecourse this month! We haveย an array of tickets and packages available to suit any race day style! [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][eventchamp_button style=”1″ align=”left” buttonlink=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newcastleracecourse.com.au%2Fevents%2Fnewcastle-race-day-6%2F|title:AUGUST%208|target:%20_blank|” icon=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][eventchamp_button style=”1″ align=”left” buttonlink=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newcastleracecourse.com.au%2Fevents%2Fsaturday-race-day%2F|title:AUGUST%2022|target:%20_blank|”…

  • Gary Harley- Cessnock Preview 27.07.20
    Gary Harley- Cessnock Preview 27.07.20

    Race 1 โ€“ Jockeys Celebration Day Class 1 Maiden Plate 2125m Tessa Burrito has found form recently with strong finishing placings at Scone and Muswellbrook. She has only won once from seventeen starts but she has placed eight times. The mare has always looked like…

  • Gary Harley Wrap- 07.07.20
    Gary Harley Wrap- 07.07.20

    The Newcastle Jockey Club wound up the busiest period in recent history when it hosted its seventh race meeting in six weeks on Tuesday. The next meeting on the course proper will be held on August 8, while there will be a meeting at Cessnock…

  • Gary Harley Wrap 04.07.20
    Gary Harley Wrap 04.07.20

    Newcastle rising star Strawb and her stablemate Royal Banquet were the punters pals at Saturdayโ€™s Newcastle race meeting when the pair outclassed their rivals in their respective races. Three-year-old Royal Banquet was the first of the pair to face the starter in the 1300 metre…

  • Gary Harley Preview- 07.07.20
    Gary Harley Preview- 07.07.20

    Race 1- Avid Project Management Maiden Plate 1300m Requited found the trip too short when a close fourth in a 900 metre Maiden at Scone on debut two weeks ago. He had trialled nicely prior to that run and he has a nice barrier and…

  • Newcastle Racecourse reopens to public for Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation event after coronavirus shutdown
    Newcastle Racecourse reopens to public for Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation event after coronavirus shutdown

    https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6818372/ Keen spectators will be off to the races this Saturday as Newcastle Racecourse reopens its doors to the public for the first time since the coronavirus closed the venue to racegoers. Whilst COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of the annual Clubs in the Community…

  • Gary Harley – Preview 04.07.020
    Gary Harley – Preview 04.07.020

    Race 1- Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation 2YO Handicap 1600m Blaze A Trail looked good winning first up at Hawkesbury when heavily backed. He was placed at Randwick in the Golden Gift on debut in November and he contested two Group races before a spell. He…