Racecourse News

Kris Lees saddled up five favourites at Cessnock on Monday for three winners and two seconds. The Hall of Fame trainer was successful with So You Merge ($2) Bubbles Ball ($1.55) and Exdream ($3.10) while his two runners up were Jazette ($1.35) and Brazenbrook ($1.95)…

Race 1 Sharp Electronics Group Benchmark 58 – 2125m So You Merge has to carry 60 kilograms, but she is a class above these. She wasn’t far away when placed in a strong race on Gunnedah Cup Day two weeks back. She won’t be far off…

Peter and Paul Snowden’s promising two-year-old Enforcement is destined for bigger things following his runaway three length win at Tuesday s Newcastle race meeting. Enforcement, in his first start since being gelded was the $1.40 favourite in the Vital Security Maiden Plate (900m) and those…

Race 1- EGroup Protective Services Maiden Plate 1500m Smart Decision gets her chance to break through here with Tommy Berry aboard. She will appreciate the spacious track and longer trip. The blinkers go on for the first time. Disco Mo drops sharply in class and…

Newcastle’s leading trainer and jockey Kris Lees and Andrew Gibbons are both enjoying a personal record-breaking season and the pair had a swag of winners on the weekend. Lees trained seven winners over the two days while Gibbons steered home six winners. On Saturday Lees…

Race 1 – Legrand Australia Aqua Life- 3YO Maiden Plate 1850m Cottenham is crying out for this trip after a strong finishing second over 1500 on this track last start. The filly was beaten less than a length and she will be fitter this time…

Former Hong Kong galloper He’s Elusive landed a long-priced plunge when he resumed from a two-year spell to narrowly win the 1200 metre Maiden Plate at the Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday. Bookmakers offered as much as $81 about the six-year-old prospects and he was backed…

Race 1- East Cessnock Bowling Club 3YO Maiden Plate 1400m Regent Street was well backed on debut on Anzac Day at Randwick when he hit the line hard to go down by a head. He was drawn well and McEvoy rides. Statuesquely is on debut…

Race 1- Starr Facility Services Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2365m Miss Moana drops in class after finishing mid-field in the Group 1 Australian Oaks. She was an impressive winner over this track in October. She is well weighted under the set weight condition. Watch…

Jockey Andrew Gibbons believes Gosford four-year-old Through The Cracks could develop into a Provincial Championship contender next season following his brilliant win at the Newcastle Race meeting on Saturday. Facing his stiffest test in his short career, Through The Cracks contested the 1200 metre Newcastle…

RACE 1- CENTURY 21 AARON WALTER BENCHMARK 64 HANDICAP 1890M Deladies Boy was narrowly beaten on this track two weeks back and this is a winnable race. He was headed at the 100 but he fought hard. He had a tough run wide, no cover…