Racecourse News

  • Gary Harley – Tips – 26.04.25
    Gary Harley – Tips – 26.04.25

    Race 1 โ€“ Tooheys Midway 3YO Maiden Handicap 900m Selections: ย 2- Western Lane ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  3- Harlex ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  4- Sosueme   Race 2 โ€“ Jets in Business 2YO Maiden Plate 1250m Selections: ย ย 4- Beadman ย ย ย ย ย  9- Swag ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  6- Leveraged Buyout   Race 3 โ€“ Bernie…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 26.04.25
    Gary Harley – Herald – 26.04.25

    Newcastleย Hunter hall of fame trainer Peter Snowden will saddle up two favourites at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Club meeting and the pair appear standouts in their respective events. Snowden prepares flashy colt Beadman, an odds-on favourite in a two-year-old maiden plate (1250 metres). Named after the…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 23.04.25
    Gary Harley – Herald – 23.04.25

    The Newcastle Jockey Club will hold the first of two meetings in four days on Wednesday with an attractive eight race program well supported by the states leading trainers. Chris Waller is sending a blueblood grey filly Mignonette to Newcastle to contest the 1250 metre…

  • Gary Harley – Preview – 12.04.25
    Gary Harley – Preview – 12.04.25

    Race 1 โ€“ Lamborne Partners Insurance Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2200m Hampden has put the writing on the wall with two close seconds in his past two starts. He was very unlucky when beaten a noose on this track on April 1 after being…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 12.04.25
    Gary Harley – Herald – 12.04.25

    Wyong based apprentice Anna Ropa has seven mounts including two for the Waterhouse-Bott stable on Saturdayโ€™s eight race program at Newcastle. Roper has ridden 39.5 winners this season including 10.5 winners on Metropolitan tracks, but she still claims 1.5 kilograms on Provincial tracks. The first…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 01.04.25
    Gary Harley – Herald – 01.04.25

    Local trainer Kris Lees has accepted with three talented three-year-oldโ€™s at the Newcastle Racecourse race meeting on Tuesday and the trio will be ridden by Andrew Gibbons. Lees three 3-year-olds are Flame Of Hestia (R2), Lutetia (R6) and Road to Paradise (R7). Flame Of Hestia…

  • Nominations open for Newcastle and Hunter Racing Hall of Fame
    Nominations open for Newcastle and Hunter Racing Hall of Fame

    Nominations are now open for the Newcastle and Hunter Racing Hall of Fame with inductees to be announced and celebrated at a Luncheon on Tuesday 26th August 2025. The Newcastle & Hunter (โ€œthe Regionโ€) Racing Hall of Fame recognises and honours outstanding achievements in the…

  • Newcastle’s Private Harry adds group 1 to unbeaten record
    Newcastle’s Private Harry adds group 1 to unbeaten record

    Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle reckons “that will take a while to sink in.” Now a group 1-winning trainer, claiming a $1 million race at Rosehill, celebrating on Golden Slipper Day. All thanks to an unbeaten colt called Private Harry. “That’s going to take a while…

  • Gary Harley – Beaumont Wrap – 24.03.25
    Gary Harley – Beaumont Wrap – 24.03.25

    Mondayโ€™s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting on the Beaumont track was a favourite punter delight with six favourites successful on the seven-race program. The most impressive winner on the day was the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott trained mare Love And Light which out-classed her…

  • Gary Harley – Wrap – 20.03.25
    Gary Harley – Wrap – 20.03.25

    Gary Harley โ€“ Wrap โ€“ 20.03.25 Talented Wyong galloper Matcha Latte surged into outright favoritism for the Provincial Midway Championship final at Randwick on April 12 following his impressive win in the Qualifier at Newcastle last Thursday. Matcha Latte with new rider Ash Morgan aboard…

  • Gary Harley – Herald – 24.03.25
    Gary Harley – Herald – 24.03.25

    Rachel King only has one mount at the Newcastle Jockey Clubโ€™s race meeting on The Beaumont track on Monday and a recent barrier trial indicates the trip up the M1 wonโ€™t be in vain. King has been booked for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrain Bott…

  • Newcastle Racecourse gets behind one of its own with Raise for Jaxon Race Day
    Newcastle Racecourse gets behind one of its own with Raise for Jaxon Race Day

    When Newcastle teen Jaxon Scriven was involved in a serious accident on the 7th of November 2024, which resulted in him becoming a below-the-knee amputee, his family knew he would face some challenges ahead. What they did not expect was for the local community and…