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Villiers Via The Gong For Quackerjack

Posted on November 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The first horse Mark Newnham bought when he took out his trainer's licence could also be responsible for delivering one of his biggest pay days. Newham went to $240,000 to secure Quackerjack at the 2017 Magic Millions yearling sale, a sound investment considering the horse has banked more than double that amount in prize money.[...]

Posted on November 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Taking the more conservative path to the races with Panna Cotta may prove a wise decision if the Mark Newnham-trained filly makes a winning debut in the Max Lees Classic at Newcastle. Newnham toyed with running the daughter of Fastnet Rock in last weekend's $1 million Golden Gift before deciding it was too tough a[...]

Posted on November 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham admits he has been left deflated after the Victoria Derby but will now give the beaten favourite Shadow Hero a spell before setting him for autumn features. Shadow Hero went into the Victoria Derby off convincing wins in the Group Three Gloaming Stakes and Group One Spring Champion Stakes in Sydney[...]

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham reckons his father, John, will be cheering louder than anyone for favourite Shadow Hero in the $2 million Victoria Derby. Not only because his son has a gilt-edged chance to train the winner of the time-honoured Classic for the first time on Saturday at Flemington, but also because of a Father's[...]

Posted on October 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

One-time VRC Oaks favourite Celestial Falls will miss the race but her trainer Mark Newnham still has the chance for Classic glory in Melbourne. Shadow Hero assumed favouritism for Saturday's Victoria Derby with his Group One victory in the Spring Champion Stakes in which he beat Castelvecchio. The Spring Champion form looks even better now[...]

Posted on October 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Diamond Thunder has continued trainer Mark Newnham's run of carnival success this spring with a first-up victory in the Brian Crowley Stakes at Randwick. Newnham has won the Gloaming and Spring Champion Stakes with Victoria Derby favourite Shadow Hero and landed a Moonee Valley win on Friday's night's Manikato Stakes program with Greysful Glamour. However,[...]

Posted on October 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Greysful Glamour has returned to the winner's circle for the first time in more than a year, giving Sydney trainer Mark Newnham his first winner with his first runner at The Valley. Four-year-old Greysful Glamour dominated Friday night's Seppelt Wines Handicap (2040m) under Sydney jockey Rachel King and raced away to beat Oceanex by six[...]

Posted on October 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Thought Of That has emerged as one of the main Victoria Derby contenders after his dominant win in the Caulfield Classic but Sydney trainer Mark Newnham remains confident he has the right horse to win the $2 million Classic at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Thought Of That backed up an eight-length win[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller is more renowned for his patience with horses than as a trainer of two-year-olds but he is not immune to the instant gratification of winning juvenile races. Global Quest gave the premier trainer just his second win in the Listed Breeders' Plate (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday, two years after he broke his[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

It has been almost 20 years since a mare won the Group One Metropolitan Handicap and trainer Mark Newnham believes Scarlet Dream is capable of breaking the drought. The Gai Waterhouse-trained Coco Cobanna was the last mare to win the Group One staying feature in 2001 and like Scarlet Dream, contested the race as a[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

As the right-hand man to Gai Waterhouse for many years, Mark Newnham learned a thing or two about preparing two-year-olds from the six-time Golden Slipper-winning trainer. It is hardly surprising then that Newnham, now a successful trainer in his own right, will saddle up two runners in the first juvenile race of the Sydney season[...]

Posted on September 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mark Newnham is eyeing back-to- back wins in Spring Champion Stakes following Shadow Hero's dominant success in the Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill. Newnham claimed his first Group One win in the 2018 Spring Champion (2000m) with Maid Of Heaven and has every reason to be confident after Shadow Hero lived up to his $2.90[...]

Posted on September 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham has landed successive VRC Oaks Trial victories after Celestial Falls led throughout at Flemington. Celestial Falls' older half-sister Greysful Glamour won the corresponding race 12 months ago before going on to finish second in the VRC Oaks at Flemington two starts later. Under a well-judged front-running ride from jockey Tim Clark[...]

Posted on September 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

When it comes to emerging equine talent in Mark Newnham's Sydney stables, staying prospect Shadow Hero is high in the pecking order. Shadow Hero steps up to 1800m in Saturday's Group Three Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill on the way to spring targets over even greater distances. Newnham is aiming Shadow Hero at the Group One[...]

Posted on September 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

After winning the Oaks Trial at Flemington a year ago with Greysful Glamour, Sydney trainer Mark Newnham and jockey Tim Clark are looking to repeat the feat with a sibling of the 2018 winner. Newnham has sent Celestial Falls to Melbourne for Wednesday's Oaks Trial (1800m) for three-year-old fillies and victory would clinch her a[...]

Posted on September 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian Oaks runner-up Scarlet Dream will take the next step towards her Metropolitan Handicap goal when she lines up against a tough field of seasoned stayers in the Kingston Town Stakes at Randwick. Keen to get some more miles in her legs, trainer Mark Newnham confirmed Scarlet Dream would take her place on Saturday despite[...]

Posted on September 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mark Newnham has lofty ambitions for Scarlet Dream but is keeping a lid on expectations with the mare to begin her campaign in a support race on the Chelmsford Stakes program. Last season was a stellar one for Newnham who claimed two Group One wins with Maid Of Heaven in the Spring Champion Stakes[...]

Villiers Via The Gong For Quackerjack

Newcastle A Sweet Target For Panna Cotta

Newnham Deflated After Victoria Derby Loss

Newnham Confident Ahead Of Victoria Derby

Shadow Hero Primed For 2500m Of Derby

Diamond Thunder Wins Brian Crowley Stakes

Greysful Glamour Wins Easily At The Valley

Shadow Hero On Target For Victoria Derby

Waller, Newnham Draw First Blood With 2yos

Newnham, Dolan Chase Metrop Dream

Every Rose Set To Bloom In Gimcrack

Hero Steps Out Of The Shadows In Gloaming

Back-To-Back Oaks Trial Wins For Newnham

Gloaming Stakes Next Step For Shadow Hero

Celestial Falls To Put Oaks Hopes On Show

Oaks Runner-Up Takes Step To Metrop Dream

Scarlet Dream Begins Ambitious Campaign

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