Special Reward

Special Reward, Wandabaa loom large in Newcastle Newmarket

Posted on March 3, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Newcastle trainer Kris Lees has won the past two editions of the Group 3 Newcastle Newmarket Handicap (1400m) and is well positioned to make it three on the trot with in-form gelding Special Reward and the consistent Wandabaa at Newcastle Racecourse this Friday.

Posted on December 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Top trainer Kris Lees will have strong chances in two states with a trio of runners at Randwick and a pair of feature race contenders in Brisbane.

Posted on November 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

An unpopular horse at trackwork, Special Reward can deliver regular rider Aaron Bullock the ultimate compensation with a $1 million payday at Newcastle.

Posted on November 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian Bloodstock has plundered two of Newcastle's showcase races this year and they will chase another with a trio of runners in The Hunter.

Posted on November 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Leading Newcastle trainer Kris Lees is planning to have a significant presence at the track's stand alone meeting, which features the $1 million The Hunter.

Posted on August 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kris Lees will have his bases covered for the first Group race of the Sydney season, regardless of whether the forecast rain arrives. The Newcastle horseman, who finished last term as the leading trainer in NSW with 193 winners, has stable mainstay Le Romain and the emerging Special Reward in the Group Two Missile Stakes[...]

Posted on July 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Kris Lees-trained Special Reward headlines the 10 nominations for the Listed July Sprint over 1100m at Rosehill. While Stradbroke Handicap plans did not eventuate for the dual Group winner, he heads the weights with 62kg on Saturday. Lees said at this stage he would accept with Special Reward before making a final decision on[...]

Posted on February 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having needed more persuasion than most to go into the barriers, Special Reward has come out of them to travel like a winner for his first eastern states success. Formerly trained in Perth, Special Reward is now with Kris Lees at Newcastle after being brought east by Australian Bloodstock. His win in Saturday's Group Three[...]

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