The prolific trainer-jockey combination of John Bateman and Blaike McDougall was on display at Canberra on Wednesday as LAMINGTON DRIVE saluted in the 2000m Class 1 Handicap. Bateman and McDougall have become a formidable team in the Southern Districts region of NSW....
An interstate double on Sunday elevated Proven Thoroughbreds’ number of 2020 winners to 45. WAR DECK (main picture) and DON’T DESPAIR each recorded their third career win at Nowra and the Sunshine Coast respectively. The John Bateman-trained WAR DECK was the first to...
The astuteness of trainer John Bateman was once again highlighted when four-year-old gelding AZOUSTIC swept to victory at Goulburn on Thursday. Ridden a treat by Kayla Nisbet, AZOUSTIC appreciated a fast run 1400m as he rushed down the outside of the field to score by...
The rapidly improving WAR DECK comfortably disposed of his rivals at Wagga on Friday. Ridden a treat by Kayla Nisbet, the John Bateman-trained WAR DECK scythed through the field from midfield and went on to win the 1600m C1 & Maiden Plate by 1.3 lengths. To win...
John Bateman-trained four-year-old WAR DECK led home a Proven Thoroughbreds quinella at Goulburn on Friday. Despite being unwanted in betting at $21, WAR DECK overcame a three-wide run to defeat the Joe Pride-trained and fellow Proven Thoroughbreds runner IS THAT SO...
We begin the new week after a gala Saturday in Brisbane where four runners yielded three winners and a second – taking our yearly tally of winners to 40. RECKLESS CHOICE, SCALLOPINI and SIENNA ROSE completed the Steve O’Dea-trained treble and it was very...
