Oct 17, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Monday, October 17, 2016: JOAO Moreira will ride Danish Twist when she chases a Group 1 triumph at Flemington on Saturday week.Kris Lees this evening confirmed the Brazilian ace’s ...

Oct 14, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, October 13, 2016: TALENTED young sprinter Guard Of Honour will need to convince Kris Lees at Royal Randwick on Saturday that he is ready for a shot at Melbourne spring carnival ...

Oct 13, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, October 13, 2016: SUCH was Lucia Valentina’s first “feel” of Moonee Valley today that it may be her only look at the track before Saturday week’s $3m Group 1 Cox ...

Oct 06, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, October 6, 2016: IT’S Royal Randwick and not Port Macquarie for Olympic Academy.Kris Lees this afternoon withdrew the Taree Cup winner from tomorrow’s $100,000 Port Macquarie ...

Oct 06, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, October 6, 2016: KERRIN McEvoy will ride Lucia Valentina in the $3m Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on October 22.Kris Lees confirmed the booking this morning after learning ...

Sep 29, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, September 29, 2016: IT’S been 12 years since jockey Corey Brown provided Kris Lees with a Group 1 breakthrough.And the trainer is hoping the now Singapore-based Brown can land ...

Sep 29, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, September 29, 2016: KRIS Lees is convinced market assessors have "forgotten" his Epsom Handicap contender Le Romain at Royal Randwick on Saturday."I feel he is big overs," Lees ...

Sep 26, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Monday, September 26, 2016: STABLEMATES Guard Of Honour and Danish Twist are likely to stay at home for Randwick engagements on Saturday rather than venture south.And Kris Lees has also ...

Sep 22, 2016

THURSDAY: September 22, 2016: KRIS Lees is confident Lucia Valentina will run “really well” at Caulfield on Saturday, but warns she is still not yet at her peak.The quality mare opens a new ...

Sep 22, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, September 22, 2016: HUGH Bowman will be reunited with Le Romain in Saturday week’s $1m Group 1 Epsom Handicap at Royal Randwick.Kris Lees confirmed the booking today following ...

Sep 20, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Tuesday, September 20, 2016: KRIS Lees is satisfied Cox Plate contender Lucia Valentina is ready to begin a new Melbourne campaign in Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) ...

Sep 15, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, September 15, 2016: KRIS Lees is looking forward to testing Guard Of Honour in black type company at Royal Randwick on Saturday.The promising Northern Meteor colt, having only ...

Sep 15, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, September 15, 2016: AUSTRALIAN Bloodstock Cameron Handicap topweight Le Romainwill run at home tomorrow rather than take on Winx at Royal Randwick a day later.But Kris Lees ...

Sep 14, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Wednesday, September 14, 2016: BUOYED by a suitable draw, Kris Lees feels French import Singing is his best chance of clinching Friday’s Group 3 Newcastle Gold Cup (2200m) for the first ...

Sep 12, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Monday, September 12, 2016: TALENTED young sprinter Guard Of Honour is ready to begin a new campaign at Royal Randwick on Saturday.Kris Lees today confirmed the lightly-raced ...

Sep 12, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Monday, September 12, 2016: IT won’t be for lack of numbers if Kris Lees can’t clinch a Newcastle Gold Cup breakthrough on Friday.Lees this afternoon announced he would have his ...

Sep 08, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, September 8, 2016: THE successful Queen Elizabeth Stakes combination will be reunited at Caulfield in a fortnight.Kris Lees this afternoon confirmed Damien Oliver’s acceptance ...

Sep 06, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Tuesday, September 6, 2016: KRIS Lees is satisfied Lucia Valentina is “on track” for her Melbourne spring campaign.But he is keen to hear from jockey Damien Oliver sooner rather than ...

Sep 01, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, September 1, 2016: KRIS Lees is giving serious thought to skipping the Epsom Handicap with Group 1 winner Le Romain, who is scheduled to continue his spring campaign at Royal ...

Sep 01, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, September 1, 2016: OVERNIGHT weather will have a major bearing on Kris Lees’ Wyong Cup plans tomorrow.Lees has two acceptors – Slow Pace (Robert Thompson) and Taree Cup ...

Aug 29, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Monday, August 29, 2016: KERRIN McEvoy will be a new rider for Le Romain when he continues his spring campaign at Royal Randwick on Saturday.And his performance in the $175,000 Group 2 ...

Aug 25, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, August 25, 2016: TAREE Cup winner Olympic Academy is likely to bypass the Wyong Cup and run instead at Royal Randwick a day later.Olympic Academy’s success in last Sunday’s ...

Aug 25, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Thursday, August 25, 2016: KRIS Lees is confident Singing will be “most competitive” when he has his final Newcastle Gold Cup lead-up at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.The former French ...

Aug 22, 2016

NEWCASTLE: Monday, August 22, 2016: KRIS Lees claimed his second Taree Cup in the last three years yesterday when successful with Olympic Academy.Superbly ridden by Aaron Bullock, Olympic Academy ...