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Post-Race Meeting Report – Saturday 22 December
Scone trainer Brett Cavanagh pulled off a long-priced plunge at Newcastle on Saturday with a horse that couldn’t run a place at Narromine in her only other start. Gem Dealer, a daughter of former top stayer Dundeel had not raced or barrier trialled since a…
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Newcastle Preview – Saturday 22 December
Race 1 – JOIN ASCOT VIP NEWCASTLE NOBBYS – BENCHMARK 70 HANDICAP (1600 METRES) Chalmers races well on this track and he drops in class here after contesting the recent Provincial Final at Kembla. He finished fourth in a much stronger field in the Provincial…
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Post-Race Meeting Report – Saturday 8 December
Kris Lees flying filly Designer Maid smashed the Newcastle 900 metre record in the opening event on Saturday. Designer Maid was the $2.20 favourite in a quality Class 2 Handicap and she led from the outset. Second favourite Invincible Lad ($3.80) sat on the outside…
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Newcastle Preview – Saturday 08-12-2018
Race 1 Maddison Safety Industrial Supplies Class 2 900m Designer Maid is a fast filly which led all the way for an easy win over this trip here first up. She has won two from three and from the soft draw she will take some…
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Newcastle Review – 02.12.18
Newcastle Jockey Club hosted one of its best racedays of the year at the Newcastle Racecourse on Sunday. It was the second Legends Race Day with races recognising the three NJC Legends. Max Lees, Robert Thompson and Gary Harley. Family and friends of the legends…
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Newcastle Preview- Sunday 02.12.18
Members Preview- 30.11.18 Race 1- Gary Harley Benchmark 64 2300m Allzin is the clear stayer and will carry 60 ½ kilograms after the claim. He was runner up in the Taree Cup in August and he hit the line well to win over 166…
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Cessnock Cup Review
Cessnock Cup Wrap Warwick Farm pair Keep Up and Hirokin engaged in a two horse war in the final 200 metres of the 2018 Hungerford Hill Cessnock Cup at Newcastle on Wednesday. Former Kiwi Keep Up ($2) prevailed by a short neck from Hirokin ($5.50)…
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Cessnock Preview at Newcastle
Members Preview- Race 1- XXXX Gold Showcase Class 2 900m Designer Maid and Rouge Runner clashed in a recent Gosford barrier trial and there was little between the pair. Designer Maid led in the trial with Rouge Runner in second place and they crossed the…
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Newcastle Review- 18-11-2018
The $50,000 Sky Racing Spring Provincial Series Heat 4 was held at Newcastle on Sunday and local trainer Kris Lees had the numbers and collected the $22,000 first prize. Lees saddled up four of the eight runners, however Kim Waugh’s King Hewitt was the heavily…
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Newcastle Preview-Sunday 18.11.18
Race 1- Sharp Electrical Group Class 2- 900m The unbeaten New Zealand bred filly Kedah will be at short odds and it is hard to go past her. First up from a spell, Kedah careered away in the straight to easily win a Class 2…
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Announcement – Hungerford Hill Cessnock Cup and Inaugural Showcase
Following consideration by Racing NSW Stewards after an inspection of the track at Cessnock Racecourse on Thursday (16th Nov) morning, we wish to advise that due to significant concerns regarding the lack of recent rainfall on the track and the depleted on-course water storage which has…
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Jungle Juice Cup- 12 October -2018
Jungle Juice Cup Graham Payne a former Cessnock sporting hero returned to his home town to achieve a lifetime ambition when his sprinter Kentucky Flyer blitzed a classy field in the Cessnock Leagues Club Jungle Juice Cup on October 12. The famous Jungle Juice Cup,…
