Joe Gibson

Time has flown….@NewcastleRaces ! Enjoy your 10yrs celebrating of @TapetaF It was a great project to be involved with.

Decs morning ahead of the 10th Anniversary fixture of Tapeta @NewcastleRaces on Tuesday. As usual a great piece from @SimonMapletoft below 👇

🏇 100 entries have been received for the 2026 Northumberland Plate - the highest total in the last 30 years! 🎉 The road to the 2026 Plate is officially underway - don’t miss out! 🎟️ ow.ly/rBOb50YYfBZ

More great work from the grounds team today in some difficult temperatures for synthetic tracks! @NewcastleRaces.

Easy side of Good @NewcastleRaces ahead of the final jump fixture of the season tomorrow. Watered this week and no more planned at this stage. Average Soil Moisture 54%. Rain now expected throughout Raceday morning before clearing and becoming breezy.

Good, Good to Soft in places (80:20) @NewcastleRaces for entries ahead of the final jumps fixture of the season on Saturday. Watering started this morning to try and maintain the current going. A dry week forecast with temperatures rising during the middle part of the week.

Visually impressive (and on the clock) first timeout winner yesterday for @RebeccaEMenzies who had attended a Barrier Trial @NewcastleRaces in Mid March. Great work as always from @CraigWitheford1 and his team. Spaces still available for this coming Thursdays trials (09/04/26)

Big effort from all of the Grounds Team last week to get the track and wider site in the brilliant condition it was for racing on All Weather Finals Day. Also to the staff in the Stable Yard where they facilitated 65 of the 86 runners staying overnight!

Cold start this morning @NewcastleRaces ahead of All Weather Championships Finals Day tomorrow. Some of the Irish runners having a leg stretch this morning. Dry and breezy day forecast for tomorrow.

After a dry and breezy morning we are now Good to Soft, Good in places @NewcastleRaces ahead of racing this afternoon. Forecast to remain dry and windy throughout the card.

Good to soft, soft in places now @NewcastleRaces after 6mm of rain yesterday. Dry two days ahead and staying breezy. Soil Moisture Average - 57.5% Going Stick - 6.0

Good to soft, Good in places at declarations stage for jumping on Tuesday @NewcastleRaces. Another dry and windy last 24 hours. Showers possible today but remaining windy with gusts of 50mph this evening. Selectivity watered. Going Stick - 6.6 Average Soil Moisture - 53.5%

Going remains Good to Soft @NewcastleRaces ahead of jumping on Tuesday. Dry day forecast with wind speeds of 20mph throughout the day. Selectively watering to maintain at this stage. Average Soil Moisture 54% Home straight (more exposed to current wind direction) 53%

Final FNL fixture tonight @NewcastleRaces. Chance of the odd shower early evening before turning cooler as the night goes on. 15mph Westerly breeze with possible guests into the high 20s throughout racing. Wind currently coming at 247 degrees (headwind in the main). 9 Races all on the straight course, stalls far side.

Drawing towards the end of another long winter season for the grounds team @NewcastleRaces. Hats off to Mark and his team who make it all possible to facilitate fixtures during every month of the calendar year, while maintaining an 800 acre Estate. #GroundsWeek

After a very breezy day yesterday we are Good to Soft all over for jumping on Tuesday @NewcastleRaces Selectively watering to maintain at this stage (home straight & bend away from the stands) Forecast to remain windy through until racing. Soil Moisture 53%

Yorkshire Glory has been crowned the ARC AW Bonus Horse of the Year! A sensational season sees him land the £100,000 top prize after a decisive win at @WolvesRaces on Monday. 8 wins from 14 runs - pure consistency from the @BenHaslamRacing and Blue Lion Syndicates’ star 🏆

Declarations for the final FNL fixture @NewcastleRaces this morning along with Entries for the penultimate jump fixture of the season. 12mm of rain overnight - Good to soft, Soft in places. Forecast to remain windy for the next 5 days.

Entries tomorrow for jump racing next Tuesday @NewcastleRaces Current going is Good to Soft, Good in places. We have already had >11mm of rain since midday, so expecting that to ease by morning, will update before 8am. Interactive race conditions - C5 0-100 hcap hdl over 2m4f.