Newcastle Wrap – 21.12.20- Gary Harley Kris Lees will have five starters in the $150,000 Sky Racing Summer Provincial Series Final after It’s Lily and Safado finished first and third in the Newcastle heat on Saturday. The final will be...
- Tuesday, December 22 2020
Race 1 – Tozer Air Conditional Benchmark 68 Handicap 1200m Frozen In Time is racing well and won’t be far off the pace as she steps up to 1200 metres. She was only beaten 2½ lengths by Lillemor in a...
- Friday, December 18 2020
Leading provincial jockey Keagan Latham heads to the Newcastle race meeting on Saturday confident he can add to the 35 winners that he has already ridden in the current season. ‘Keags’ as he is known, has six mounts on the...
- Friday, December 18 2020
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees hopes a short break for Animate can help the Provincial Championship heat winner rediscover his best form in the Wyong Magic Millions 3YO/4YO Stakes (1200 metres) on Wednesday. The four-year-old Animal Kingdom gelding started his career...
- Thursday, December 17 2020
Veteran Sydney trainer Pat Webster chose Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting for his swan song to thoroughbred training and his lone runner Kosciusko went within three quarters of a length of providing his trainer with a fairy tale farewell. Webster, after...
- Monday, December 7 2020
150mm of torrential rain in the lead up and on the scheduled race day forced the postponement of the Jungle Juice and Cessnock Cups race meeting on October 26. Visibility and flooding of the club’s carparks prevented the meeting from...
- Saturday, December 5 2020
Last seasons New South Wales Jockeys Premiership winner Andrew Gibbons has a nice book of rides with five mounts at Saturday’s Newcastle race meeting. ‘Gibbo’ has ridden 23 winners in just over four months in the current season and Newcastle...
- Friday, December 4 2020
Race 1 – Newcastle Stevedores Class 1 Handicap 900m Britain put the writing on the wall first up when a close fourth at Warwick Farm on November 25. He was very impressive in winning a 2YO Maiden at Newcastle...
- Friday, December 4 2020
The Newcastle Jockey Club held its Legends Race Day on Tuesday and on a perfectly prepared track, the racing was first class. The Legends were Paul Perry, Kris Lees, Robert Thompson and Gary Harley. A race was named after Newcastle...
- Thursday, December 3 2020
Race 1 – Gary Harley Benchmark 64 Handicap 2330m Tann Hills caught the eye with a fast finishing third at Hawkesbury last start. He hit the line hard when beaten two lengths at Gosford two starts back. Andrew Gibbons rides...
- Monday, November 30 2020