KERRY Parker says Close Encounter “needed a cuddle” when he bought him for $70,000 as an early unraced two-year-old in October 2022. “He...

TEAM Price has done it again, emulating last season’s home track feat by clean-sweeping the three Kembla Grange titles they were eligible...

STABLE apprentice Ben Osmond has made his mark in town lately, riding his first two Saturday metropolitan winners for leading Sydney...

HAWKESBURY trainer Steve O’Halloran jokingly says he might have to let wife Steph deputise for him at more race meetings. O’Halloran...

THE proof is in the pudding! Hawkesbury trainer Blake Ryan’s breakout season got even better when Lady Extreme ($6.50) clinched an...

Wyong apprentice Anna Roper’s crack at metropolitan racing on a regular basis has been delayed. The 21-year-old Rising Star Series winner...

DAVID Dyson has had a close connection with Newcastle racing for three decades in a variety of roles. Now he says it’s time to take on a...

JAMES Ponsonby’s move to Hawkesbury just over 12 months ago has been well and truly vindicated. The former harness racing trainer/driver...

HAWKESBURY trainers Ed O‘Rourke and Terry Croft have clocked up the kilometres this week – and it has all been worthwhile. The pair won...

BRAD Widdup says a phone call he got out of the blue could not have come at a better time. That call from Mike Gregg, a Sydney...

KERRY Parker’s best two horses Think It Over and Hope In Your Heart have been retired, but it hasn’t stopped his momentum. The Kembla...

BLAKE Ryan thinks so much of his impressive Wyong debut winner He’s In Like Flynn that he has plans to test him in stakes grade at only...

NEWCASTLE jockey Ash Morgan has a second NSW premiership safely in his keeping. A double at Tamworth on Friday lifted him to 137.5...

MARC Chevalier has put a Grafton Cup experience behind him and is looking to bounce back at home on Sunday. The Hawkesbury trainer has...

It’s been a frustrating season for Wyong based apprentice Anna Roper with injury seeing her sidelined for a number of months. The...

KRIS Lees has his hometown Gold Cup on the radar for another import – but this time in different colours. Lees won his maiden Group 3...

YOUNG Gosford trainer Jake Hull is excited about Thursday’s impressive Grafton carnival winner Ferinzo’s future. Having only his second...

EDWARD O’Rourke gave a confident pitch to champion apprentice Zac Lloyd to book him for Twin Turbo at Grafton today. “I told him to make...

JASON Deamer couldn’t have wished for a better homecoming present! The Newcastle trainer arrived back only on Tuesday evening after...

WAYNE Seelin never lacks a sense of humour! The Wyong trainer celebrated a breakthrough at Newcastle on Tuesday with a horse he named in...