IT was a 1600m Maiden Handicap at a midweek Newcastle meeting – and won by the $61 second rank outsider! But such is this racing game...

GRAFTON wasn’t a track where Jake Hull counted amongst his 150 winners as a jockey. The now Gosford trainer had only a handful of rides...

THEY’RE indeed a dynamic combination! Newcastle trainer Jason Deamer is the “go to man” when Dynamic Syndications decides to transfer a...

WYONG whiz Shaggy might yet get the chance to end his juvenile season on a winning note. Trainer Allan Kehoe is tossing up whether to...

MONDAY’S crucial barrier draw will determine whether in form Hawkesbury mare Lady Extreme heads north for Grafton’s Ramornie Handicap...

WE often wonder how some horses get their names? This particular one might sound a bit strange, but there’s a story behind it – and he’s...

PROMISING filly Flame Of Hestia is ready to tackle Saturday grade at Royal Randwick tomorrow. On the back of an impressive Wyong victory...

HAWKESBURY’S leading trainer Brad Widdup will decide in the morning whether he makes a dual attempt to get an overdue Midway victory at...

SCOTT Aspery has chosen Royal Randwick over a South Grafton Cup weekend assignment for his seven-times winner Uzziah. And the Newcastle...

EIGHTEEN years is a long time between “drinks”, and Tommy Wong was entitled to have a strong one last night! The Hawkesbury trainer...

HOPE springs eternal! Nearly two decades ago Hawkesbury trainer Mitchell Kearney nominated a young horse for the Golden Slipper Stakes,...

IT very easily could have deterred many aspiring young jockeys, but not BRONTE SIMPSON. The 23-year-old (she will turn 24 in September)...

NEWCASTLE’S exciting young sprinter Private Harry will have two Royal Randwick Group 2 $1m lead-ups to his $20m The Everest quest there...

WHEN you’re hot, you’re hot! Hawkesbury trainers Peter Green and Terry Croft have had a beaut few days, finishing the latter part of the...

FOR a trainer who keeps on average no more than a dozen horses in work, Jason Deamer’s talent is there for all to see. The Newcastle...

ASH Morgan was dead serious – and understandably so. “I told Tony McEvoy I will go anywhere to ride this horse,” the Newcastle jockey...

IT was meant to be! Wyong trainer Wayne Seelin’s 100 th career winner came up yesterday at the same home track where he prepared his...

THE best laid plans don’t always work out! Mark Minervini was confident he had two really good prospects at different tracks tomorrow –...

WIDE barriers in big fields often afford trainers the opportunity to pull the pin and scratch their horses. But that isn’t the case with...

THERE’S no place like home! Hawkesbury trainers revelled in their home track’s second last meeting of the season today, capturing half...