NJC News

Adorned in purple, the official colour of International Women’s Day (IWD), Newcastle Racecourse Trackside Marquee became the vibrant and inspiring host of local women, corporate representatives, and sponsors on Friday 7 March. Coinciding with the Group 3 Horsepower Stakes Race...

Central Coast based jockey Tim Clark rode his second Group 3 Horsepower Newcastle Stakes winner on Friday. In 2023 Clark steered the Waterhouse-Bott trained Cross Talk to victory and on Friday he was aboard the Bjorn Baker trained Sandpaper, the...

Four-time world para surfing champion and best-selling author Sam Bloom would do anything to go back in time. But she’s learnt how to make the best of a challenging situation. “I would give everything back just to be me again,...

BJORN Baker’s stable representative Luke Hilton reckons Sandpaper “had to be tough today”. The five-year-old gelding’s jockey Tim Clark admits “he was there to be beaten today, but kept responding and finding that little bit extra”. It was a lead-all-the-way...

Race 1 – Allied The Careful Movers Provincial Maiden Plate 1600 Literature Tycoon is yet to place in four starts but last prep he was a close fourth in two Hawkesbury starts. She was slowly away first up on this...

Talented 4-year-old mare Makarena is set to deliver the Hawkes stable with its fifth success in the time-honoured Group 3 Horsepower Newcastle Stakes on Friday. Previously known as the Newcastle Newmarket the race was first run in 1955 and it’s...