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November 8, 2024 3:32 AM

Muswellbrook-trained horse in $2million The Kosciuszko at Randwick on Saturday

Tanglewood

Muswellbrook-trained Tanglewood will compete for a share in a $2million prizemoney purse when he races in The Kosciuszko (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday 19 October 2024. Tanglewood is trained by Todd Howlett and the five-year-old lines up against 13 of the fastest NSW country-trained sprinters in the prestigious race. Tanglewood was selected to race in […]

Christine Ready to Take on the Reigns with Zest

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The new general manager at Muswellbrook Race Club may have had to use her phone for directions to Skellatar Park on her first day in office this week, but there is no question she knows her way around a race club. Christine Williams is an experienced race club administrator having previously run Lismore Turf Club […]

No Muswellbrook Cup but a Great Day of Cup Charity Golf

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A good crowd of golfers turned out for the annual Muswellbrook Race Club Charity Golf Day last week with Blackroo Community Indigenous Corporation as the charity partner. Teams braved some drizzle on Thursday for 18 rounds at Muswellbrook Golf Course in what is the traditional precursor to the Muswellbrook Gold Cup. Unfortunately the weather pelted […]

Get Trackside for Melbourne Cup at Muswellbrook Race Club

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If you can’t be trackside at Flemington on Tuesday, there is only one other place to be and that’s Muswellbrook Race Club. The Skellatar Park track is the only one in the entire Hunter Valley to hold horse races on the day and what a day it will be. So much of the event comes […]

Bengalla Cup victory for Weir

THRT 33.1 Bengalla Cup victory for Weir

BY ALEX TIGANI

Singleton jockey Mikayla Weir celebrated a Bengalla Cup win on Cecilia (NZ) for local trainer Aleacia Bennett.

Countdown to the Muswellbrook Cup

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BY ALEX TIGANI

The countdown is on until this year’s Royal Muswellbrook Cup after a half day public holiday was once again declared by the Muswellbrook Shire Council.

Muswellbrook Race Club appoints new general manager

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The Muswellbrook Race Club has appointed Trevor Taylor as its new General Manager following the departure of Duane Dowell (now General Manager of Racing and Operations at the Newcastle Jockey Club). Confirmed by Muswellbrook Race Club Chairman John Sunderland, the appointment comes one month after the neighbouring Scone Race Club board confirmed Steven Keene as […]