Provincial Racing - NSW

19/12/2025

Damien Lane Racing has seen enough to give the go-ahead for Oakfield Saturn to
seek a city victory at her maiden metropolitan attempt at Royal Randwick tomorrow.

“The query was always going to be backing up 10 days after winning at home yesterday week,” the Wyong Race Club trainer said.

“But Oakfield Saturn is nice and bright, and happy. She is definitely ready to go back to the races.” Read more 👇www.provincialracingnsw.com.au/post/saturn-ready-to-continue-winning-form-in-town

18/12/2025

JOE Ible never got the chance to take a two-year-old filly named Shalidor hereally liked to the races.

Before she had the opportunity to strut her stuff, the Tassort youngster was kicked in a paddock, picked up an infection and died.

Shalidor’s owners, having bred the filly and knowing how much the Kembla Grange trainer thought of her, gave him the younger full sister to train. Read more👇 📸 Bradley_Photos

JOE Ible never got the chance to take a two-year-old filly named Shalidor hereally liked to the races.Before she had the opportunity to strut her stuff, the Tassort youngster was kicked in a paddock, picked up an infection and died.Shalidor’s owners, having bred the filly and knowing how much the ...

17/12/2025

THEY’RE all entitled to an off day!

Leading Hawkesbury Race Club Limited trainer Brad Widdup was at a loss to explain Tequila Baby’s defeat at Warwick Farm a fortnight ago.

But the four-year-old mare regained her best form at the same track today to post her fourth win from 10 starts.

Ridden by leading apprentice Braith Nock – who has been aboard at her last three runs – Tequila Baby ($8) raced up on the pace and gamely overhauled Kimberley Secrets ($3.90) to take the Benchmark 72 Handicap (1200m) for mares four-year-old and upwards. Read more 👇 📸 Bradley_Photos

THEY’RE all entitled to an off day!Leading Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup was at a loss to explain Tequila Baby’s defeat at Warwick Farm a fortnight ago.But the four-year-old mare regained her best form at the same track today to post her fourth win from 10 starts.Ridden by leading apprentice Br...

17/12/2025

STEVE O’Halloran went back to basics – and it paid off!

The skilled Hawkesbury horseman made a number of gear changes on a resuming Royalify, who burst back to winning form on Newcastle’s inner Beaumont track yesterday.

Ridden by Winona Costin and starting at $8.50, Royalify upset Gosford trainer Jake Hull’s $2.20 favorite Lord Vettori in the Class 1 Handicap (1200m).
To say the now five-year-old son of Justify has been something of an enigma is not telling an untruth.

“Royalify works like a good horse, but then you got disappointed when he didn’t reproduce that in his races,” O’Halloran said today. Read more 👇 📸 Bradley_Photos

STEVE O’Halloran went back to basics – and it paid off!The skilled Hawkesbury horseman made a number of gear changes on a resuming Royalify, who burst back to winning form on Newcastle’s inner Beaumont track yesterday.Ridden by Winona Costin and starting at $8.50, Royalify upset Gosford traine...

16/12/2025

SUCH can be a trainer’s lot!

Between them Gosford’s Jake Hull and Hawkesbury’s Fabio Martino have covered plenty of territory in the last few days in search of a winner – and one each has been forthcoming.

Hull went to Hawkesbury on Sunday, Kempsey yesterday and was at Newcastle today, whilst Martino also was at today’s Newcastle meeting after going south to Nowra on Sunday and west to Orange yesterday. Read more 👇

SUCH can be a trainer’s lot!Between them Gosford’s Jake Hull and Hawkesbury’s Fabio Martino have covered plenty of territory in the last few days in search of a winner – and one each has been forthcoming.Hull went to Hawkesbury on Sunday, Kempsey yesterday and was at Newcastle today, whilstM...

15/12/2025

BLAKE Ryan was doubly pleased.

Both for his owners and his apprentice Emma Ly when Heaven Bound returned to the track in winning form at Hawkesbury Race Club Limited.

Heaven Bound ($4.60), having her first start since late July, defeated Monty Be Quick ($21) and Bend The Knee ($14) in the Provincial Benchmark 64 Handicap (1500m).

“Heaven Bound bled from one nostril in finishing second at Warwick Farm on July 30, and because of a mandatory ban, some of her owners didn’t want to continue with her,” Hawkesbury trainer Ryan said this evening. Read more 👇
📸 Bradley_Photos

BLAKE Ryan was doubly pleased.Both for his owners and his apprentice Emma Ly when Heaven Bound returned to the track in winning form at Hawkesbury today.Heaven Bound ($4.60), having her first start since late July, defeated Monty Be Quick ($21) and Bend The Knee ($14) in the Provincial Benchmark 64....

15/12/2025

AUTUMN’S Provincial-Midway Championships are definitely on Jason Attard’s sonar.

The Hawkesbury Race Club Limited trainer burst back into the city spotlight yesterday with his talented mare Oui Oui Oui, who clinched a metropolitan breakthrough at Royal Randwick.

Given a positive ride by Tom Sherry because of her wide draw (13 out of 14) in the Midway Benchmark 72 Handicap (1200m), the four-year-old daughter of Yes Yes Yes scored over the same course her sire had done in the 2019 The Everest. Read more 👇 📸 Bradley_Photos

AUTUMN’S Provincial-Midway Championships are definitely on JasonAttard’s sonar.The Hawkesbury trainer burst back into the city spotlight yesterday with his talented mare Oui Oui Oui, who clinched a metropolitan breakthrough at Royal Randwick.Given a positive ride by Tom Sherry because of her wid...

15/12/2025

BRAD Widdup is not prone to hyperbole!

But Hawkesbury Race Club Limited leading trainer doesn’t hide his affection for Hyperbolic, who at Royal Randwick yesterday made it two city wins on end.

Ridden by Tommy Berry, the New Zealand-bred mare justified her price in the market ($2.90 favorite) by taking the Benchmark 78 Handicap (1600m), run in memory of the late Newcastle trainer Sam Kavanagh. Read more 👇 📸 Bradley_Photos

BRAD Widdup is not prone to hyperbole!But Hawkesbury’s leading trainer doesn’t hide his affection for Hyperbolic, who at Royal Randwick yesterday made it two city wins on end.Ridden by Tommy Berry, the New Zealand-bred mare justified her price in the market ($2.90favorite) by taking the Benchmar...

14/12/2025

SEND in the clowns!

Well-named filly Where’s The Circus (by Trapeze Artist) provided the perfect distraction to Paul Murray’s woes when she made a stunning debut at Royal Randwick yesterday.

The Kembla Grange trainer clinched only his second win of the season when the $51 bolter ($151 was bet) – a $1250 yearling purchase online through Inglis Digital 15 months ago – beat a number of high-priced rivals in the $400,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m), giving her connections an immediate $227,000 return on their meagre outlay. Read more 👇📸 Bradley_Photos

SEND in the clowns!Well-named filly Where’s The Circus (by Trapeze Artist) provided the perfect distraction to Paul Murray’s woes when she made a stunning debut at Royal Randwick yesterday.The Kembla Grange trainer clinched only his second win of the season when the $51 bolter ($151 was bet) –...

14/12/2025

Get your news hot off the press!

Subscribe NOW to Provincial Racing NSW & our stories will be sent straight to your inbox 🐎

👉 www.provincialracingnsw.com.au/contact

13/12/2025

We’ve got four great Provincial race meetings this week, kicking off with Hawkesbury Race Club Limited today 🏇

Newcastle Racecourse host a meeting on the Beaumont track Tuesday, followed by The Entertainment Grounds Thursday & Wyong Race Club Saturday