Gary Harley’s Updates

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...

Gary Harley – Wrap – 09.12.24 The annual Westpac Rescue Helicopter race day was held at the Newcastle Racecourse on Saturday, and it was a special day for the Newcastle based Brazilian jockey Jose Severo who rode his first winner...

Race 1 – Hobson Engineering 2YO Maiden Handicap 900m The two Godolphin fillies Charka and Parfumier are on debut after impressive trials. Charaka won a recent Randwick trial unextended after racing on the speed, and she had trialled nicely at...

The Hawkes stables 4-year-old mare Madam Instrife has displayed above average potential in her only two starts to date and she has bright prospects of resuming from a spell a winner on Saturday at Newcastle Racecourse. The Russian Revolution mare...

Race 1                DABS PLUMBING PROVINCIAL MAIDEN HANDICAP 900m Cutepi resumes after a long spell, and she has won two recent barrier trials at Muswellbrook and Newcastle. She has drawn perfectly and Andrew Adkins rides. Lightly Sparkled will be fitter...

The Cessnock Cup is in its fifth year on the Newcastle track and is the highlight of a strong eight race program on Sunday. The Cup was held at Cessnock from 1978 until the closure of the Wine Country track...

Three from three for Tim Clark and a double and three placings for Tommy Berry made the car trip up the M1 worthwhile as the two leading jockeys had a day out at the Newcastle Jockey Club’s race meeting on...

Race 1 – TAB APP Class 1 Handicap 1850m Squeezebox and Hardpoint stand out and the pair clashed in a 1400 metre Kembla Super Maiden two starts back. Squeezebox was clearly superior finishing second, four lengths from the winner by...

The eagerly awaited debut of three-year-old’s Shropshire Lad and Overtook is expected to be one of the highlights of the Newcastle Jockey Club’s eight race midweek meeting on Wednesday. The recent trial winners clash in the 900 metre Dailey Family...

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...