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Cessnock track given green light

06 Feb 12 | TODAY’S Cessnock meeting will go ahead despite the big wet which has claimed so many recent meetings.

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NZ win icing on the wedding cake

03 Feb 12 | S OME may say celebrating your wedding is a fair enough reason to miss a horse race. That is the excuse Newcastle bloodstock agent Jamie Lovett had for missing his galloper Ockham’s Razor win in New Zealand on Sunday. |

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NJC ponders board reduction

27 Jan 12 | THE vital Newcastle Jockey Club board of directors meeting set down for today has been transferred to Monday. |

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Stud mix-up proves recipe for success

27 Jan 12 | THE owners of Lucky Ima Cugat showed a wry sense of humour in naming their highly promising Newcastle sprinter.

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Bitter-sweet finish for Atomic Force

23 Jan 12 | ‘‘I’M sad but I’m happy.’’ That is the way Newcastle trainer Darren Smith explained his feelings after watching Atomic Force’s second in New Zealand on Saturday.

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NJC director steps down

16 Jan 12 | THE upheaval at the Newcastle Jockey Club continues with Murray McKeough resigning as a director. McKeough spoke with new chairman Geoff Barnett and has expressed his fear that growing business commitments will prevent him from fulfilling his role with the NJC.

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Busy schedule for ageless Thompson

13 Jan 12 | RECORD-breaking Cessnock jockey Robert Thompson will have a busy 24 hours chasing winners at meetings at Canterbury and the Gold Coast.

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Perry wonders what might have been

09 Jan 12 | NEWCASTLE’S Social Rank is in great winning form, but the true best of the exciting grey may never be seen. Master trainer Paul Perry fears that a throat complaint may prevent Social Rank from producing his undoubted potential.

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