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Race 1-  Macca’s Sand & Soil 3YO Benchmark 64 Handicap 1600m Mocambo has a big weight but is the class runner. He was outclassed first up at Randwick and last prep he won two on the trot at Warwick Farm and Kembla. Mocambo has won…

Top jockey Josh Parr gave punters a lead when he travelled to Newcastle for one ride on Thursday. Parr answered the call from close friend Adam Duggan to ride the trainers four-year-old Head Spins in the Ron Reid Happy Valley Maiden Handicap (1150m). The gelding…

The Hawkes family landed a double and Gerald Ryan produced a potential star at Tuesday’s Newcastle race meeting. The first of the Hawkes stables two winners was the New Zealand bred three-year-old Peak in the 900 metre Red Funnel 3YO Maiden Plate. The gelding put…

Race 1- The $1M Hunter- November 16 Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2100m Imported stayer Agosto will be a long odds on favourite and he looks a class above these. In his first Australian, start Agosto won a Kembla Maiden on July 25 then he…

Kris Lees has had a flying start to the 2019/20 season and will saddle up three live chances at Tuesday’s Newcastle meeting. Newcastle’s premier trainer has notched up 32 winners in the first 32 days of the current season. Lees trained 191½ winners in 2016/17.…

Race 1 The $1M Hunter – November 16 Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2335 Metres Imported Stayer Urbino will be all the rage after finishing a close second in his first Australian start on this track on August 15. That was his first start for…

Former South Australian trainer Mark Minervini was determined to win with his first starter in his new home town of Newcastle and on Saturday his speedster Calipari did not let the likable trainer down. Minervini disillusioned with South Australian Racing because of disappointing prizemoney levels…

Race 1 MINCO Tech Australia Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2360 Metres Breakdance is knocking on the door with seconds in his past two starts at Kembla. He raced in the first two both times and four starts back he was only beaten by 1.7…

Local jockey Aaron Bullock bookended Thursday’s Newcastle meeting and Tim Clark also landed a double on the day. Bullock has ridden 11 winners in the first 15 days of the new season while Clark leads the Australian Premiership with 13 winners. Bullock was off to…

Kris Lees is off to a flying start in the first two weeks of the new racing season and his winning run is set to continue at Thursday’s Newcastle race meeting. After a record breaking 249 winners in the 2018-19 season Lees has trained 14…

Race 1- Sharp Electronics Group Maiden Plate 1890m Former European stayer Urbino has not raced for 45 weeks and he turns up here for his first Australian start for Kris Lees. The five-year-old has not had a trial however he has been backed in from…