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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.…
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Para surfing champ Sam Bloom captivates at Newcastle International Women’s Day race meeting
Four-time world para surfing champion and best-selling author Sam Bloom would do anything to go back in time. But she’s learnt how to make the best of a challenging situation. “I would give everything back just to be me again, all the books, the movie,…
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“Had to be tough”: Sandpaper holds on for a lead-all-the-way victory in Newcastle Stakes
BJORN Baker’s stable representative Luke Hilton reckons Sandpaper “had to be tough today”. The five-year-old gelding’s jockey Tim Clark admits “he was there to be beaten today, but kept responding and finding that little bit extra”. It was a lead-all-the-way victory in Friday’s group 3…
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Gary Harley – Preview – 07.03.25
Race 1 – Allied The Careful Movers Provincial Maiden Plate 1600 Literature Tycoon is yet to place in four starts but last prep he was a close fourth in two Hawkesbury starts. She was slowly away first up on this track on February 1when she…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 07.03.25
Talented 4-year-old mare Makarena is set to deliver the Hawkes stable with its fifth success in the time-honoured Group 3 Horsepower Newcastle Stakes on Friday. Previously known as the Newcastle Newmarket the race was first run in 1955 and it’s the first Provincial Group race…
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Gary Harley – Wrap – 01.03.25
The Newcastle Jockey Club hosted one of its most successful Saturday race meetings at the weekend. It was the Dungog Cup race day which featured a seven-race program highlighted by a cracking line up in the 1400 metre Polytrack Provincial Midway Championship Qualifier. The icing…
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Gary Harley – Preview – 01.03.25
RACE 1 – LOVEY’S GROCERS IGA SUPER 2YO MAIDEN PLATE (900 METRES) Mednyi is very quick and shared the lead when beaten less than a length first up on this track on February 15. In his only other start in a Listed race at Caulfield…
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Gary Harley – Herald – 01.03.25
The Newcastle Jockey Club hosts a cracking Qualifier of the 1400 metre Polytrack Provincial Midway Championship on Saturday which is also the Settlers Arms Dungog Cup Race Day. 2024 Group 3 Cameron Handicap runner up Matcha Latte resumes from a spell and takes on another…
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Para surfing champion Sam Bloom can’t go back in time, and she’s OK with that
Four-time world para surfing champion and best-selling author Sam Bloom would do anything to go back in time. But she’s learnt how to make the best of a challenging situation. “I would give everything back just to be me again, all the books, the movie,…
