NEWS
Bandit steals Wagga Cup!
Kerry Parker’s rising star FLYING BANDIT graduated to stakes company with a minimum of fuss at Wagga on Friday, taking out the $200,000 Listed Gold Cup (2000m). With a benchmark rating of 79, FLYING BANDIT faced a...
Calling all mums!
Come and spend this Mothers' Day, Sunday May 11 at Kolora Lodge for a Champagne Brunch with Proven Thoroughbreds, trainer Matt Hoysted and our next generation of racehorses! Amongst the 10 yearlings paraded will be a...
The Week Ahead Apr 30
Just the three runners for Proven Thoroughbreds this week however two of those will be at stakes level in the space of 24 hours. The Kerry Parker-trained FLYING BANDIT ventures to Wagga on Friday for the $200,000...
Who is the busiest sire in Australia?
For all the rhetoric surrounding strike rates, a far more insightful measure of a stallion’s performance can be defined by a single world – opportunity. Winners to starters, wins to starts, prizemoney earned per...
More fillies success at SA carnival
Yet again we were reminded how strong this crop of three-year-old fillies are with BENAGIL busting the clock in the G1 SA Oaks and AMEENA almost stealing the G1 Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville last Saturday....
ELIVINA Oaks dreaming!
The Queensland Oaks dream is alive for staying-bred filly ELIVINA after she tenaciously staved off her rivals to win at Newcastle on Saturday. Following an eye catching third on debut at her home track of Kembla...
SECRET’s out!
Whilst he has a long way to go before being mentioned in the same sentence as his accomplished half-brother PRIVATE EYE, KING’S SECRET broke his maiden with a determined effort at Gosford on Anzac Day. The Joe...
Nic Ashman’s best bet for Saturday
Our resident form analyst Nic Ashman is looking west at Ascot's Quokka meeting for his best of the day. ASCOT R7 N8 YES QUEEN "Airborne filly that should've won last start when taken back from a wide gate before...
The Week Ahead Apr 23
Proven Thoroughbreds is on weather watch this week, with a host of runners nominated across several venues. After a wet and wild week in south east Queensland, greater Sydney is now copping a lashing from the weather...
Why 1400m is the optimum trip
There has never been a better time in Australian racing's history to have a top class 1400m horse. Its amazing how 1400m (or seven furlongs) has become the ideal distance for a horse to specialise in. In recent years,...
Nic Ashman’s best bet for Saturday
Our resident form analyst Nic Ashman has found one at double figure odds in the Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick on Saturday RANDWICK R9 N13 COAL CRUSHER "Had no luck when sandwiched going for a run last start," Ashman...
The Week Ahead Apr 16
The Championships is over for another year but there is still top class racing to be had at Randwick over the Easter weekend which could see Proven Thoroughbreds represented by the promising FLYING BANDIT. Trainer...