NEWS
The Week Ahead Feb 12
A relatively quiet week of runners for Proven Thoroughbreds as the curtain comes down on another Inglis Classic Yearling Sale. Proven came away from the 2025 auction with a total of seven yearlings of which three will...
TERMAGANT’s redemption!
Connections of TERMAGANT breathed a collective sigh of relief after the mare made amends for a luckless defeat with victory at Doomben on Saturday. It was two weeks prior at the Sunshine Coast when TERMAGANT made her...
Nic Ashman’s best bet for Saturday
Our resident times analyst Nic Ashman is back from annual leave and is looking at a Melbourne 2yo to kick start his tipping segment for 2025. CAULFIELD R5 N1 MY GLADIOLA “Impossible to go past MY GLADIOLA. She...
The Week Ahead Feb 5
This Saturday marks the return of talented mare THE BLACK CLOUD and a chance at redemption for the luckless TERMAGANT. The Joe Pride-trained THE BLACK CLOUD (pictured) lines up in the 1000m BM94 Handicap at Randwick, a...
2025 Karaka wrap – Proven 7!
The only stat you need to know about NZ-breds is that they make up 8% of the racing population in Australia and yet win 21% of our Group 1 races. It’s no doubt at the forefront of buyers’ minds when every NZB Karaka...
The Week Ahead Jan 29
ACCREDITED is all set for 'Take 2' in the Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill this Saturday. After seeing last Saturday's Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) scrapped due to a lack of acceptors, ACCREDITED...
ROCK rises!
Well bred 3yo ROCK THE SUNRISE broke through in the 1400m Super Maiden at Grafton on Monday. The Matt Hoysted-trained gelding started a prohibitive odds-on favourite to shed his maiden at career start number 3, and...
Black type beckons for COSMONOVA
In true Joe Pride fashion, COSMONOVA relished a quick back-up to score a decisive win at Randwick on Saturday. Seven days after floundering on a wet surface at Rosehill, COSMONOVA found her footing on a Good (4) track,...
The Week Ahead Jan 22
This week has been overshadowed by Racing NSW's unilateral decision to abandon Saturday's Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) in which Proven Thoroughbreds had the early odds-on favourite in ACCREDITED. A lack of...
Two on the trot for HEYOKA!
The venue was Beaudesert and the company was low brow but HEYOKA’s disposal of her rivals on Thursday, was dominant despite the narrow margin. Trapped 3 deep throughout in a hotly run 1200m BM65 Handicap, the 4yo...
The Week Ahead Jan 15
The hectic Magic Millions Sales are over for another year so we turn our attention back to the racetrack with a host of runners in QLD and NSW. Debutant ALDEZOR steps out for Joe Pride at the midweek...
2025 Magic Millions – A buyers’ market!
Magic Millions, the benchmark opening act for the Sales’ Season, maintained similar stats to last year but there were some fantastic opportunities in the market. Whilst records were broken at the high end and the...