Apr 18, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, April 18, 2019: LIGHTLY-RACED filly Think Free is being tested at Doomben on Saturday to join stablemate Aliferous on a Queensland Oaks path.The So You Think three-year-old makes ...
Apr 18, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, April 18, 2019: KRIS Lees has opted for blinkers in a bid to make it “third time lucky” for Le Romain in Saturday’s $600,000 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick.“He ...
Apr 13, 2019
IF names count for anything, CHALMERS surely will win his own “gold medal” at Royal Randwick on Saturday.The Kris Lees trained four-year-old lines up in the $500,000 PolyTrack Provincial ...
Apr 11, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, April 11, 2019: KRIS Lees has no regrets about bypassing the Australian Derby with FrankelyAwesome, and is confident she is “ready to go” in Saturday’s $1m Group 1 ...
Apr 11, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, April 11, 2019: EVALINA is out of the $500,000 PolyTrack Provincial Championships (1400m) Final at Royal Randwick on Saturday, leaving Kris Lees with two chances to win the ...
Apr 08, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Monday, April 8, 2019: THREE-times Melbourne Cup winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy is chasing an Australian Oaks breakthrough at Royal Randwick on Saturday.Kris Lees has booked McEvoy for last ...
Apr 05, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, April 4, 2019: AUSTRALIAN Oaks hope Frankely Awesome is not Hugh Bowman’s only feature booking for Kris Lees on Day 2 of The Championships at Royal Randwick.Lees has finalised ...
Apr 05, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, April 5, 2019: KRIS Lees has warned not to disregard the “old horse” in tomorrow’s $3m Doncaster Mile at Royal Randwick.He was referring to his triple Group 1 winner Le ...
Mar 28, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, March 28, 2019: THE Kris Lees stable believes “the ducks are lining up” for rejuvenated stayer Red Cardinal to successfully transition to wfa company at Rosehill Gardens on ...
Mar 28, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, March 28, 2019: KRIS Lees says weight’s right for Brave Smash to be very competitive in Saturday night’s Group 1 AlQuoz Sprint (1200m) at Dubai’s World Cup meeting at ...
Mar 25, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Monday, March 25, 2019: REJUVENATED stayer Red Cardinal (Kerrin McEvoy) continues his campaign toward the $2m Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick,in Saturday’s $1.5m Group 1 wfa ...
Mar 25, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Monday, March 25, 2019: IN Her Time is in doubt to chase a third Group 1 triumph in the $2.5m TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday week.The mare was to have contested a ...
Mar 22, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, March 22, 2019: TOMORROW’S fourth qualifying heat of the Provincial Championships will be run at Kembla Grange (pending a track inspection later today) -and Kris Lees had a ...
Mar 22, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, March 22, 2019: KRIS Lees is confident his classy three-year-olds Gem Song and Graff can shape up in respective races at Rosehill Gardens tomorrow.Gem Song (Jason Collett) is back ...
Mar 19, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Tuesday, March 19, 2019: HUGH Bowman will be reunited with Brave Smash as the pair chase an international Group 1 success at the Dubai World Cup meeting on Saturday week.Kris Lees this ...
Mar 19, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Tuesday, March 29, 2019: KRIS Lees is favouring leaving blinkers on Graff for the colt’s return to Sydney racing at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.Following two excellent Melbourne ...
Mar 15, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, March 15, 2019: RAIN has boosted Red Cardinal’s chances of enhancing his Sydney Cup prospects at Rosehill Gardens tomorrow.An impressive winner at his first start at the same ...
Mar 15, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, March 15, 2019: KRIS Lees is having another throw at the stumps in tomorrow’s third $150,000 Provincial Championships Qualifier at Gosford, hoping history can repeat ...
Mar 15, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, March 15, 2019: THE wait has been worthwhile.First emergency Le Romain this morning was elevated into the field for tomorrow’s $5m All Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington following ...
Mar 11, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Monday, March 11, 2019: HAVING clinched his first hometown Newmarket Handicap last Friday, Kris Lees now has set his sights on a Coolmore Classic breakthrough.Lees will have three ...
Mar 11, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Monday, March 11, 2019: KRIS Lees has won two of the four runnings of the Provincial Championships Finals – and ironically is yet to secure a finalist this year.But he will have another ...
Mar 07, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, March 7, 2019: KRIS Lees considers consistent Turnberry is the pick of his four-horse team in Saturday’s $150,000 Provincial Championships Qualifier (1400m) at Newcastle.Lees, ...
Mar 07, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, March 7, 2019: MISS Fabulass is capable of a Randwick Guineas upset on Saturday provided she gets the right run, says Kris Lees.Though unplaced at both runs since resuming, the ...
Mar 07, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, March 7, 2019: KRIS Lees has already tasted “success” in the VRC Newmarket Handicap – and now wants to train the winner in his own right.Lees has never had a runner in ...