Please note that with a forecast maximum of 43 degrees, Racing NSW has postponed the race meeting scheduled for Newcastle on Sunday (29th November). The meeting will now be staged at Newcastle on Tuesday (1st December). Newcastle (Sunday) Moved To Tuesday...
- Friday, November 27 2020
The Newcastle Jockey Club’s Legends Day is scheduled for this Sunday, with eight races programmed for the Newcastle Racecourse course proper. The four Legends honoured on Sunday are Paul Perry, Kris Lees, Robert Thompson and Gary Harley. The NJC will...
- Friday, November 27 2020
The regally bred filly Glowing Red is expected to spell after she broke through for her first win in her second start at Newcastle on Tuesday. It was a Cessnock meeting held on the course proper and all eyes were...
- Thursday, November 26 2020
Broadmeadow trainer Kris Lees is looking to the autumn with Glowing Red after the half-sister of In Her Time knuckled down late to break through at her second start on Tuesday at Newcastle Racecourse. Carrying the colours of two-time group...
- Wednesday, November 25 2020
THE second annual The Hunter meeting at Newcastle Racecourse was a hit with punters after betting turnover increased almost 40 per cent on last year’s debut. The Saturday, November 14 program, which featured the $1 million The Hunter, group 3...
- Tuesday, November 24 2020
Leading Sydney jockey Brenton Avdulla has a full book of rides at the Cessnock meeting at Broadmeadow on Tuesday, and all six of his mounts are trained by Kris Lees. The most interesting of Avdullas mounts is the three-year-old half-sister...
- Monday, November 23 2020
Race 1- The Prince Of Merewether Class 1 Handicap 1200m The early favourite Bat Pad raced at Gosford on Saturday and if she backs up, the filly is the one to beat. She won a 900 metre Maiden on this...
- Monday, November 23 2020
The second $1Million TAB Hunter Race Day was another success story for the Newcastle Jockey Club on Saturday. Fine weather, a magnificently prepared track together with the top jockeys and horses, all the ingredients for a super Saturday. With crowds...
- Tuesday, November 17 2020
Sweet Deal has edged out Kris Lees-trained Special Reward to claim the $1million The Hunter (1300m) at Newcastle on Saturday. The six-year-old mare finished stronger down the straight and took over the local hope after winning last year’s group 3...
- Tuesday, November 17 2020
The $1 million The Hunter was run and won at Newcastle on Saturday and the trophy headed back to Randwick with the John Thompson-trained Sweet Deal. The genuine six-year-old mare took her earnings beyond $1.3 million when she and Nash...
- Monday, November 16 2020