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Nic Ashman’s best bet for Saturday
Flemington's Derby Day and the Golden Eagle meeting in Sydney headline a racing bonanza on Saturday and Nic Ashman's best bet comes in the stallion-making Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m). Flemington R6 N3 TENTYRIS...
The Week Ahead Oct 29
It's Melbourne Cup week and there's simply no better time of year in racing. While Proven won't be represented in Melbourne during the Flemington carnival, a swathe of runners will step out in NSW and QLD, including...
Sectionals Review Oct 28
While VIA SISTINA’s back-to-back Cox Plate victories grabbed the headlines around the country, there was another horse that won a few hearts of his own. Eagle Farm on a Wednesday is a far cry from the amphitheatre that...
The Alpha of the herd!
At their biological core, horses are herd animals. And so, observation of their behaviour within a social hierarchy can provide the first glimpse of a competitive streak. In an article published last week, we spoke...
Here come the cavalry!
What are the odds a son of GALILEO, with a first crop of only 77 live foals, sires a 900m 2yo winner from his first ever starter? And what if the median price of that sire’s yearlings was just $26,250? The vagaries of...
From boy to man!
Two of the most important ingredients in a racehorse are, unfortunately, two things you can’t see at a yearling sale. Those two ingredients? Desire (to race) and physical development. Both inevitably reveal themselves...
Nic Ashman’s best bet for Saturday
This week's best bet from our form analyst Nic Ashman comes in the $2 million Invitation (1400m) for mares at Randwick on Saturday. Randwick R9 N3 MISS ROUMBINI "Third-up and her ratings suggest she is in career best...
A Relieving Cry!
There certainly wasn’t the whole town present yesterday at Eagle Farm. And the noise generated by the owners was more akin to a cry of relief than elation when TOWN CRIER clung on to narrowly win the Class 5 Plate....
The Week Ahead Oct 22
A handful of good chances in Brisbane headline this week's runners for Proven Thoroughbreds. Last start winner OCEAN ZAR (pictured), as well as last start placegetters HEYOKA, TOWN CRIER and SHOT OF WHISKEY, will all...
PRIVATE EYE – an inspiration!
PRIVATE EYE gave inspiration to every aging man in Australia last weekend. Chalking up win number 14 in the Group 3 Moonga Stakes (1400m)at Caulfield, the eight-year-old has won races in 3 states from 1100m to 1600m...
CHAMPAGNE all round!
The Matt Hoysted-trained CHAMPAGNE LANE kept her unbeaten record intact with a smart first up victory at the Sunshine Coast Sunday. Having won on debut over the same track and distance in May, CHAMPAGNE LANE made her...
EYE of the Tiger!
PRIVATE EYE’s 14th career success cemented his position as the most prolific winner ever for both Proven Thoroughbreds and trainer Joe Pride. He didn’t beat a lot, didn’t run flash time and relative to his massive...
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