Gary Harley’s Updates

Saturdays Newcastle Herald Hunter Race Day attracted 6000 people, the largest crowd in the six-year history of the richest race day on the provincial program. Outstanding promotion of the day by the NJC, Sky Channel and the media saw more...

Joe Pride is confident that he will be holding the $1Million Group 2 The Hunter trophy aloft for the second year in succession on Saturday. The Newcastle Herald sponsored The Hunter will be held at the Newcastle Racecourse and the...

Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle’s striking colt Private Harry was the shining light at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s eight race program on Saturday. It was the 3-year-olds debut in the 900 metre First National Super Maiden Plate after four impressive barrier...

Race 1 – First National Super Maiden Plate 900m The unraced Private Harry is very fast and has won his past four trials. He led all the way and bolted in with a recent Newcastle trial. He has a nice...

Nathan Doyle’s Newcastle who’s stable is off to a good start in the first three months of the season with 14 winners, commences the busiest and most exciting five days of his six-year career at the Newcastle Jockey Clubs race...

Scone trained Crop Duster’s dominate win in Saturdays TLE Jungle Juice Cup (1350m) at Newcastle could secure the gelding a start in the $250,000 Barn Dance at Randwick on November 5.  The iconic Jungle Juice Cup Cessnock’s famous race from...

Race 1- Schneider Electrical Class 1 & Maiden Plate 2260m Impunity has a good record on this track, and he is ready to win third up. He finished midfield in the VRC St Leger in April and he was a...

The iconic TLE Jungle Juice Cup staged at Cessnock from 1981 until that track was sold to Racing NSW in 2019. The event is the feature race on an attractive eight race program at Newcastle on Saturday. This will be...

Taree apprentice Mollie Fitzgerald’s amazing start in the 2024-25 season continued at Newcastle on Saturday when the 22-year-old rode her 32.5 winner in only two months and five days of the season. The daughter of former jockey Malcom Fitzgerald rode...

Race 1 – Oporto Maiden Handicap 1500m Alice Mae is crying out for this longer trip and is racing well on this track. The mare was held up in the straight on this track on September 20 and two starts...