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The Waterhouse-Bott stable have accepted with three of their team for Thursday’s Beaumont track meeting at Newcastle and all have legitimate prospects. Lightly raced 3-year-old Manuscript lines up in the 1250 metre Benchmark 64 Handicap with Winona Costin in the...

Former Orange based apprentice William Stanley on loan to Kris Lees rode his first Newcastle winner on Saturday. The 3-kilogram claiming apprentice rode his 84th-career winner when Scone trained Dances With Hooves came from last entering the home straight to...

Race 1 – Red Funnel Food Distributors Maiden Handicap 900m Puerto Banus is knocking on the door with two close seconds in his past two starts. He was unlucky when beaten a head at Wyong lasts tart after securing a...

Hunter Valley apprentice Braith Nock on loan to Randwick trainer Peter Snowden for three months heads to Newcastle again on Saturday for four mounts including two good chances for his new boss. Nock outrode his country allowance last season when...

Jye Linnane says it gets Newcastle’s rookies out in the “real world”, Taj Annan reckons it offers “a bit of insight if footy doesn’t work out”, and Kyle McCarthy feels it “keeps our feet on the ground”. The three Knights...