Aug 09, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, August 9, 2018: KRIS Lees says he will know how good recent recruit Tactical Advantage is after he races at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.An impressive first-up winner in the July ...
Aug 09, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, August 9, 2018: HAVING started the new season on a winning note this week, Kris Lees hopes to strike another blow in south-east Queensland with Tawfiq Boy at Doomben on ...
Aug 06, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Monday, August 6, 2018: TALENTED sprinter Tactical Advantage is likely to be a dual-State acceptor on Saturday before Kris Lees confirms where he heads with him.Lees today nominated the ...
Aug 06, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Monday, August 6, 2018: JAMES McDonald got a “feel” of triple Group 1 winner Le Romain in a Gosford trial success today prior to riding him for the first time in a race at Royal ...
Aug 03, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Friday, August 3, 2018L FORMER German mare Vive Marie makes her Australian debut at Royal Randwick tomorrow, and Kris Lees is expecting her to run well.The lightly-raced Australian ...
Aug 01, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Wednesday, August 1, 2018: KRIS Lees has completed easily his most successful season in terms of winners, and is back at work readying his team as the spring approaches.Lees took a short ...
Jul 26, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, July 26, 2018: HALLELUJAH Boy and Envy Of All are chasing city hat-tricks at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday – but will have opposition from stablemates as well as rivals.Kris ...
Jul 26, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, July 26, 2018: KRIS Lees has decided to split his two runners at Saturday’s Doomben meeting.Rather than pit them against each other, he has opted to start Raiden in the Class 6 ...
Jul 19, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, July 19, 2018: SEVEN and a half months since he last raced and a corrective operation later, talented sprinter Tactical Advantage is ready to resume at Royal Randwick on ...
Jul 12, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, July 12, 2018: “IRON horse” Doukhan will line up for his fourth marathon in as many months when he chases a 3200m breakthrough at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.The rising ...
Jul 12, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, July 12, 2018: BLINKERS go on stablemates Bochy and Upscale for different reasons for their Rosehill Gardens assignments on Saturday.Bochy runs in the Benchmark 78 Handicap ...
Jul 06, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Friday, July 6, 2018: TWO out of three ain’tbad!Kris Lees has withdrawn dual-State acceptor Envy Of All from Doomben tomorrow to run at Royal Randwick, but has sent Princess Posh and ...
Jul 06, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Friday, July 6, 2018: KRIS Lees is targeting Grafton’s feature sprint next Wednesday with first-up specialist Zestful.Lees this morning confirmed the six-year-old mare as a definite ...
Jun 28, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 28, 2018: TALENTED filly Smart Melody is likely to tackle at least the early part of the Princess Series as an early three-year-old.Unbeaten from only two starts and very ...
Jun 28, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 28, 2018: KRIS Lees has chosen the Winter Cup at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday as Nurse Kitchen’s weekend assignment.After careful consideration, Lees opted to keep Nurse Kitchen (Jason Collett) at home for the Listed race rather than send her to ...
Jun 21, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 21, 2018: She carries the same colours and is by the same sire as her glamour former stablemate Lucia Valentina - and is ready to make her metropolitan debut at Royal ...
Jun 21, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 21, 2018: STRIVING to win the final Group 1 of the season, Kris Lees is taking a “punt” with Invincible Gem.He has opted to race the talented mare without blinkers in ...
Jun 18, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Monday, June 18, 2018: SOON to retire Jeff Lloyd will be a new rider for Invincible Gem in Saturday’s $500,000 Tattersall’s Tiara (1350m) at Doomben.Kris Lees will have at least two ...
Jun 15, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Friday, June 15, 2018: ON the verge of setting a new season benchmark, Kris Lees is looking a week ahead to snare a Group 1 and end the racing year in the best possible manner.With 160.5 ...
Jun 15, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Friday, June 15, 2018: WINTER plans for talented mare Nurse Kitchen will be clearer after she races at Rosehill Gardens tomorrow.Former Victorian Nurse Kitchen, now owned by China Horse ...
Jun 07, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 7, 2018: VETERAN stayer Doukhan has an important gear change for his attempt to snare a 3200m victory at Royal Randwick on Saturday.Kris Lees has decided to race the ...
Jun 07, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 7, 2018: STRADBROKE Handicap contender Invincible Gem has arrived safely in Queensland, and Kris Lees rates her a “live hope” in Brisbane’s richest race at Doomben on ...
Jun 05, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Tuesday, June 5, 2018: KRIS Lees will have two runners in Saturday’s $600,000 Queensland Derby (2200m) at Doomben, with Turnberry joining Banner Season in the Group 1 feature.The former ...
May 31, 2018
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, May 31, 2018: COX Plate winner Shamus Award’s younger brother Brabinger has had to overcome serious setbacks just to make it to the racetrack.Such has been his progress that he ...