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Raheen House Could Be Wyong Cup Knockout

Posted on September 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The tight track and middle-distance won't be in favour of Raheen House in the Wyong Gold Cup but trainer Kris Lees expects class to carry him a long way. The Group One Sydney Cup placegetter will be one of three runners for the Newcastle trainer, along with veteran Big Duke and Attention Run. Raheen House[...]

Posted on July 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Last start McKell Cup winner Frankely Awesome has been scratched from the Grafton Cup but trainer Kris Lees is still poised to have a strong hand in the Listed race. Lees had three acceptors for Thursday's 2350m feature at Grafton but Frankely Awesome, who had drawn the outside barrier, was scratched on Wednesday to be[...]

Posted on July 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

NSW's premiership-leading trainer Kris Lees is poised to have a strong hand in one of the state's biggest country Cups. Lees is leading Sydney's premier trainer Chris Waller in the NSW premiership with less than a month of the season to go and both trainers have three acceptors in Thursday's Listed $200,000 Grafton Cup (2350m)[...]

Posted on June 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

They might have different ways of spelling a shared Christian name, but Chris Waller and Kris Lees are in sync with each other when it comes to winning the WJ McKell Cup at Rosehill. Waller and Lees have the odds heavily in their favour in the Listed race with the two leading stables sending out[...]

Posted on October 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Just over a year after Attention Run suffered such severe travel sickness it was feared she would never race in Australia, the German import will line up as a live chance in one of Sydney's most prestigious Group One staying races. The Kris Lees-trained five-year-old is $19 for Saturday's Metropolitan Handicap (2400m) at Randwick and[...]

Posted on June 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Queensland's winter carnival is not over yet for Newcastle trainer Kris Lees who will saddle up the top two fancies in the Caloundra Cup at the Sunshine Coast. Lees, who will also have a strong representation at Rosehill on Saturday, has favourite Big Duke and import Saunter Boy in the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) and[...]

Posted on June 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Kris Lees-trained Big Duke headlines the entries and the early market for the Listed Caloundra Cup. The Caloundra Cup (2400m) is one of three stakes races on Saturday's program at the Sunshine Coast alongside the Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m) for three-year-olds and the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m). Big Duke, who has finished[...]

Posted on May 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Newcastle colt Gem Song will have a slight modification of riding tactics as he attempts to become third three-year-old to win the weight-for-age Doomben Cup. Lees will have three Cup starters – Gem Song, Big Duke and Sixties Groove who has gained a start as first emergency with the scratching of stablemate Hallelujah Boy who[...]

Raheen House Could Be Wyong Cup Knockout

Sixties Groove, Big Duke To Run At Grafton

Lees, Waller With Top Grafton Cup Chances

Lees, Waller Out In Force For McKell Cup

Imported Mare Demands Attention In Metrop

Chances In Two States For Kris Lees

Big Duke Heads Caloundra Cup Nominations

Gem On Song For Doomben Cup

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