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Important Upgrades NEWCASTLE will stage its first Group 2 race in more than two decades next month. Newcastle Jockey Club’s major sprint, the $1m The Hunter (1300m), has attained Group 2 status. The Australian Racing Board’s Pattern Committee, as well...

NATHAN Doyle has trained 271 winners in a relatively brief career to date, but never had a runner at racing’s elite level. But the Newcastle trainer, who has begun the new season in rousing style with 11 winners, is poised...

9 Newcastle – Racing Careers Day – 29 August 2024 ”Career pathways as a Stablehand, Jockey or a Cadet Steward are just a few of the many interesting roles in the Racing industry… and there’s a traineeship or apprenticeship available”....

Sky Racing Gavin Carmody with Duane Dowell, CEO – Newcastle Jockey Club, today regarding upcoming Newcastle Cup meeting.  

Newcastle Racecourse announces Equimillion Sponsorship recipients Newcastle Racecourse have announced four sponsorship recipients for the upcoming Racing NSW & Equestrian Australia 2024 Equimillion competition. In July this year, Newcastle Racecourse called on applications from suitable riders to be sponsored to...

Newcastle Racecourse, in collaboration with Event Cinemas, are holding a special advanced screening of ‘A Horse Named Winx’ to raise funds for Racing Hearts Equine Assisted Therapies. The premiere will take place 6pm, Wednesday September 4 at Event Cinemas Kotara,...

In what will be a showcase of Newcastle icons, Newcastle Racecourse have announced The Screaming Jets will be performing at this year’s The Newcastle Herald Hunter Race Day on Saturday the 16th of November. The event, which is in its...

For the second year in a row, The Newcastle Herald and The Herald’s publisher ACM have partnered with Newcastle Racecourse to back ‘The Hunter’. The event, which is in its sixth year since establishment, will be known again as The...

Newcastle trainer Kris Lees will consider a shot at the group 3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at home with Hellavadancer after she relished soft ground to score the biggest win of her career. The five-year-old, raced by Hunter syndication company Australian Bloodstock,...

Newcastle trainer Steve Hodge is eyeing more success with his Hong Kong connection after breaking the three-and-a-half-year drought of Bourbon Flyer at home on Thursday. Bourbon Flyer ($21), a six-year-old Flying Artie gelding, came from last to win race two,...