Aug 15, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, August 15, 2019: PACY filly Witherspoon will make her debut for Kris Lees on the Kensington track on Saturday.Lees accepted with both four-year-old mares Witherspoon and Designer ...
Aug 09, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, August 9, 2019: LAST start winner Albert’s No Pussy is staying at home for Newcastle’s opening meeting of the new season tomorrow.A wide draw at Doomben, where the rail is 5m ...
Aug 09, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, August 9, 2019: KRIS Lees says he isn’t expecting his Missile Stakes pair Le Romain and Invincible Gem to repeat their 2017 performances in tomorrow’s renewal at Rosehill ...
Aug 05, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Monday, August 5, 2019: KRIS Lees will chase his third Missile Stakes at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday with Le Romain and Invincible Gem.Provided both please in Broadmeadow gallops in the ...
Aug 01, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, August 1, 2019: IT’S a decent jump in both distance and class from Taree to Doomben, but Kris Lees didn’t baulk at the challenge with Cerinthe Belle.The lightly-raced Uncle ...
Aug 01, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, August 1, 2019: KRIS Lees opted for a slightly longer race for import Attention Run at Royal Randwick on Saturday with a view to determining spring plans.Lees chose the 1800m ...
Jul 29, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Monday, July 29, 2019: IMPRESSIVE first-up Rosehill Gardens winner Agent Pippa will be a surprise runner at Thursday’s Coffs Harbour Cup meeting.The former West Australian mare, now a ...
Jul 25, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, July 25, 2019: SHE is arguably the most interesting runner at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday, and her new trainer Kris Lees is expecting her to “run really well”.Much-travelled ...
Jul 25, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, July 25, 2019: SPRING is just around the corner as a quartet of Kris Lees’ stars limber up in provincial trials over the next 10 days.Le Romain and Invincible Gem will trial ...
Jul 19, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, July 19, 2019: DRYING track conditions have influenced Kris Lees to give Saunter Boy a slight edge over stablemate Doukhan in tomorrow’s Queensland Cup at Eagle Farm.And he has ...
Jul 11, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, July 11, 2019: FORMER Kiwi stayer Mongolian Wolf has been sent to Queensland to try to break a 13-month and 13-start losing streak.Kris Lees had no hesitation in deciding to back ...
Jul 11, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, July 11, 2019: KRIS Lees has advised punters not to worry about High Power’s absence from a Royal Randwick race last week ahead of a Rosehill Gardens assignment on ...
Jul 04, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, July 4, 2019: PROMISING stayer Our Candidate has an important gear change for his Australian metropolitan debut at Royal Randwick on Saturday.Kris Lees has decided to put ...
Jun 28, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, June 28, 2019: BIG Duke is the stable elect, but don’t overlook Saunter Boy.That was the message this morning from the Kris Lees stable leading up to tomorrow’s Listed ...
Jun 28, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Friday, June 28, 2019: He is rising 11 years of age and hasn’t won for 19 months.But Kris Lees considers Doukhan has the right conditions to return to the winning list in the Stayers’ ...
Jun 20, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 20, 2019: PROMISING sprinter Jack’s Bar can make a successful graduation to Saturday racing at Royal Randwick this weekend – with one proviso.Last start Warwick Farm ...
Jun 20, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 20, 2019: KRIS Lees rates Princess Posh a “live chance” of landing the final Group 1 of the season at Eagle Farm on Saturday to cap his record-breaking season.Australian ...
Jun 18, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Tuesday, June 18, 2019: KRIS Lees is leaning toward backing up Pecans to join Princess Posh in Saturday’s final Group 1 of the season at Eagle Farm.Lees this afternoon said Pecans had ...
Jun 13, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 13, 2019: KRIS Lees has had only a handful of runners at the Ipswich Cup meeting – for success in a support race last year.But he’s back this time with a stronger ...
Jun 06, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 6, 2019: QUEENSLAND Derby absentee Itz Lily instead will run at Royal Randwick on Saturday.With third emergency Itz Lily unlikely to get a berth in the $600,000 Group 1 ...
Jun 06, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, June 6, 2019:KRIS Lees can see some similarities with Queensland Derby hopeful Aliferous to his 2005 placegetter Vitesse Dane.Aliferous (Brenton Avdulla) and stablemate Grand ...
Jun 04, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Tuesday, June 4, 2019: TALENTED sprinter Tactical Advantage will still run at Eagle Farm on Saturday – even if he misses out on a Stradbroke Handicap start.Kris Lees plans to accept with ...
May 30, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, May 30, 2019: KRIS Lees has a “soft spot” for the Queensland Oaks – and he’s hoping that will be even more so at Doomben on Saturday.Lees has two definite representatives ...
May 30, 2019
NEWCASTLE: Thursday, May 30, 2019: MUCH-TRAVELLED High Opinion gets another chance to end a string of minor placings at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday – and seal a wonderful comeback.Off the scene ...