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Positives For Academy Ahead Of Dynasty

Posted on August 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mark Newnham is feeling the pain of punters as he tries to sift through the various form lines coming together for an intriguing edition of the Ming Dynasty Quality at Rosehill. Newham has undefeated three-year-old Academy in Saturday's Group Three race and admits trying to assess how his charge measures up against his rivals[...]

Posted on August 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nakeeta Jane's racing future remains uncertain with the Group One-winning mare out for at least six months because of injury. Her trainer Mark Newnham says the four-year-old has a fractured sesamoid with the stable suffering a second blow with stalwart Lanciato also out for the spring after suffering a bleeding attack. Nakeeta Jane pulled up[...]

Posted on August 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham describes Black Magnum as a pleasure to have around, but he hopes the horse's Rosehill rivals will not be feeling quite the same way. A no-fuss horse in the stable, Black Magnum has also been a consummate professional on race day, scoring comprehensive victories at his two starts this campaign, both in midweek[...]

Posted on July 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Spring gems in the depth of winter are rare finds but trainer Mark Newnham is banking on a stable precedent to potentially unearth one at Randwick. Newnham will produce a debutant two-year-old over 1400m on Saturday on a timetable that is almost identical to the one 12 months ago that delivered his first Group One[...]

Posted on July 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Robbie Dolan has just four meetings to reach a half century of Sydney winners for the season after being suspended at Rosehill. Dolan has the metropolitan apprentices' title in his keeping with 46 winners for 2018/19. His chances to become the first junior rider to reach 50 since Tommy Berry in 2009/10 have been dealt[...]

Posted on July 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A pair of half-siblings raced by prominent owners Geoff and Mary Grimish are proving handy money-spinners for trainer Mark Newnham. Invictus Salute, the older half-sister to Newnham's two-time city-winning youngster Splintex, has landed her first Saturday city win in the Randwick Community Day Handicap (1000m). Stakes placed at Scone as a juvenile, Invictus Salute raced[...]

Posted on July 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham has had a successful season by anyone's standards with two Group One wins and a position in the top 10 Sydney trainers. He is already beginning preparations for the spring but also has some off-season ammunition to keep his momentum going. Larson won the last race at Gosford on Tuesday and Newnham will[...]

Posted on June 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham's stellar run of late-season success with his two-year-olds has prompted the emerging trainer to make serious spring carnival plans for his young team. A long-time deputy to Gai Waterhouse, Newnham only took up training in his own right three years ago and has already celebrated Group One wins with Maid Of Heaven in[...]

Posted on June 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victorian Racing officials might not like Racing NSW's recent spring carnival initiatives, but trainer Mark Newnham is convinced the competition will benefit the sport. As the in-form Newnham prepares to saddle up a trio of talented horses at Rosehill on Saturday, he has thrown his support behind the revitalisation and expansion of the Sydney spring,[...]

Posted on June 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham had a super Saturday but he is growing in confidence he can do even better this week in a Group One race. Newnham is well known in Queensland from his days as Gai Waterhouse's foreman but he is rapidly making his own name in his two-year training career. He trained three[...]

Posted on June 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Exceedance might have been beaten in his first test in Saturday metropolitan company but his close third at Rosehill is enough to predict he has a bright future. As he did when he won on debut at Wyong on May 16, the Hawkes Racing-trained Exceedance ($3.70 fav) got a long way back in Saturday's Southern[...]

Posted on June 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham struggled to think of a better 40 minutes he has had in racing when Diamond Thunder won the Listed Oxlade Stakes. Diamond Thunder ($5) gave the Sydney trainer the feature Doomben two-year-old double when he steamed home from near last to beat the favourite California Zimbol ($2.30) by a half length. Newnham had[...]

Posted on May 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney filly Scarlet Dream has turned in the best trial of her career as she heads to Brisbane in a bid to make it third time lucky for trainer Mark Newnham in Oaks races. Scarlet Dream will be having her first run since finishing second in the Group One Australian Oaks at Randwick when she[...]

Posted on May 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Searching for a tough, two-year-old type at the Magic Millions yearling sale, trainer Mark Newnham found a colt by Dawn Approach who ticked all the right boxes. The only problem was, he proved a shade too tough to handle as a colt. “His first start he absolutely went to pieces in the yard,” Newnham said.[...]

Positives For Academy Ahead Of Dynasty

Nakeeta Jane’s Racing Future In Limbo

Black Magnum Out To Continue Winning Run

Mark Newnham Follows Proven Path With 2yo

50 Winners Might Be Out Of Reach For Dolan

Newnham Filly Salutes At Randwick

Newnham To Keep Momentum Up At Randwick

Mark Newnham To Rely On Youth In Spring

Newnham Has Spring In His Step

Mark Newnham Confident Of Derby Success

Exceedance Beaten, Not Bowed At Rosehill

Mark Newnham Lands Interstate 2yo Treble

Scarlet In Dream Queensland Oaks Trial

Diamond Thunder On Trial For Brisbane Trip

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