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Gary Harley – Herald – 12.04.25
Wyong based apprentice Anna Ropa has seven mounts including two for the Waterhouse-Bott stable on Saturday’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…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 01.04.25
Local trainer Kris Lees has accepted with three talented three-year-old’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…
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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 (“the Region”) Racing Hall of Fame recognises and honours outstanding achievements in the…
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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…
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Gary Harley – Beaumont Wrap – 24.03.25
Monday’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…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 20.03.25
Gary Harley – Wrap – 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…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 24.03.25
Rachel King only has one mount at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on The Beaumont track on Monday and a recent barrier trial indicates the trip up the M1 won’t be in vain. King has been booked for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrain Bott…
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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…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 20.03.25
The Newcastle Jockey Club will host a Provincial Midway Championship Qualifier on Thursday and the 1400 metre event has attracted a capacity field and with this qualifier open to Provincial trained horses and those under the care of midway eligible trainers it is a high-quality…
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Gary Harley – Preview – 20.03.25
Race 1 – DAILEY FAMILY FUNERALS 2YO MAIDEN PLATE 1200M Buffalo is a promising colt dropping sharply in class after two eye catching performances in Group 2 events in Sydney recently. He has no speed but flashes home at the end of 1100 or 1200…
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Newcastle Racecourse International Women’s Day event raises $45,000 for local charities
Adorned in purple, the official colour of International Women’s Day (IWD), Newcastle Racecourse Trackside Marquee became the vibrant and inspiring host of local women, corporate representatives, and sponsors on Friday 7 March. Coinciding with the Group 3 Horsepower Stakes Race Meeting, the IWD event aimed…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 07.03.25
Central Coast based jockey Tim Clark rode his second Group 3 Horsepower Newcastle Stakes winner on Friday. In 2023 Clark steered the Waterhouse-Bott trained Cross Talk to victory and on Friday he was aboard the Bjorn Baker trained Sandpaper, the heavily backed $3 second favourite.…
