Racecourse News

  • Gary Harley Wrap 23.12.19
    Gary Harley Wrap 23.12.19

    The Randwick based training partnership of Peter and his son Paul Snowden had a field day at Saturdayโ€™s Beaumont Newcastle race meeting. The Snowdenโ€™s trained four of the eight winners and Peter predicted on Saturday night that one of the quartet was a future Group…

  • Gary Harley- Members Preview- 21.12.19

    Race 1- Mashd n Kutcher @ Boxing Day Races Maiden Plate 1150m Daredevil has won two trials and he wasnโ€™t far away at Hawkesbury on debut in April. He will be fitter after his first up run at Canterbury. Bizarro hasnโ€™t been far away in…

  • Gary Harley โ€“ The Herald- 21.12.19

    The Freedman Brothers training partnership went home from the last Newcastle meeting with a winning double and Michael Freedman is confident of a repeat performance on Saturday with the same two horses. Promising stayer Our Fun and talented sprinter Outback Diva both recorded easy wins…

  • Gary Harley Wrap 07.1219
    Gary Harley Wrap 07.1219

    Boom Irish apprentice jockey Tom Sherry steered home three winners at the Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday to bring the 21-year oldโ€™s season tally to twenty-four. Sherry is in keen demand after a great start to his Australian career only three months ago. Scone trainer Paul…

  • Members Preview- 07.12.19

    Race 1- The Love Benchmark 64 Handicap 1885m Our Fun was unlucky last start over the Gosford 1600. She was badly crowded late after finishing a close third, her rider protested successfully against the second placegetter. The mare is bred to stay so this trip…

  • Gary Harley- Herald 07.12.19

    The annual Westpac Rescue Helicopter race day will be held at the Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday. The highlight of the race meeting is the high-quality 1200 metre Benchmark 70 Handicap. The race features the clash of three very promising and lightly raced gallopers, Through The…

  • Gary Harley- Review 01.12.19
    Gary Harley- Review 01.12.19

    Newcastle Review-ย  01.12.19 Former South African jockey Keagan Latham took out the feature double at the Newcastle Jockey Clubโ€™s annual Legends Raceday on Sunday. The NJC honours its Legends Robert Thompson and Gary Harley at this race meeting each year. Thompson, the Australian and Newcastle…

  • Gary Harley- Herald 01.12.19

    Herald- 01.12.19- Gary Harley Newcastleโ€™s reigning premier jockey Andrew Gibbons claims that victory in Sundayโ€™s Robert Thompson Cup (1200m) at Newcastle Racecourse would be another highlight in a career that has seen him ride more than 1100 winners. Gibbons will ride the in-form Trophies Galore…

  • Gary Harley- Members Preview- 01.12.19

    Race 1- Thanks Jack Ashman 2 YO Maiden Plate 900m Sole Heir from the Waterhouse-Bott stable is on debut after a smart Hawkesbury trial win. He is bred for speed and the 900m is ideal. Titan Star finished down the track in the Max Lees…

  • Gary Harley The Hunter Wrap
    Gary Harley The Hunter Wrap

    Gary Harley- RNSW- Stand Alone- Hunter Raceday and Cessnock Two Cups ย The Newcastle Jockeys Clubโ€™s first Saturday stand-alone race meeting since the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the first million-dollar race to be run outside of Sydney, went off without a hitch on November 16. Both…

  • The Hunter: Savatiano delivers stakes-race double for Godolphin
    The Hunter: Savatiano delivers stakes-race double for Godolphin

    This article was written by Ray Thomas and originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph.ย  Champion jockey James McDonald summed up the mood after winning the inaugural $1 million The Hunter (1300m) on Savatiano at the Newcastle stand-alone meeting on Saturday. โ€œThis concept is brilliant,โ€™โ€™ McDonald…

  • The Hunter a highlight of the never-ending spring
    The Hunter a highlight of the never-ending spring

    This article was written by Chris Roots and originally appeared in The Age. The never-ending spring hit a high note on Saturday with The Hunter and Racing NSW chief executive Peter Vโ€™landys has ideas to make it better in 12 months. More than 6000 punters…