NEWS
Move over bro!
When your sibling is a horse called PRIVATE EYE, it’s not often you’re going to be upstaging him on a Saturday afternoon. Sure, the early cancellation of the Eagle Farm meeting meant the older, Group 1 bound brother...
Capitalist double brings up Proven 50
A pair of CAPITALIST fillies elevated Proven Thoroughbreds’ seasonal tally of winners to 50 on Friday night. Trainer Matt Hoysted bookended the Sunshine Coast twilight meeting with the debutante CHAMPAGNE LANE and...
Nic Ashman’s best bet for Saturday
Our resident form analyst Nic Ashman has gone searching for value again with a double figure chance in the closer at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Eagle Farm R9 N15 ZASZOU "Resumed at Flemington with a career peak fresh...
The Week Ahead May 28
An established topliner and an emerging one form a two-pronged stakes attack for Proven Thoroughbreds at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Veteran galloper PRIVATE EYE (pictured) makes his anticipated return to racing in the...
ANTINO v VIA SISTINA?
That is the question futures punters are asking themselves following Saturday’s G1 Doomben Cup. And rightly so too. This prep is the first time we’ve seen ANTINO at a longer trip. As it stands, his only two runs beyond...
A BLUE blitz!
The Joe Pride-trained COLUMBIA BLUE sailed through heavy (10) conditions to break his maiden in emphatic style at Hawkesbury Tuesday. In an impressive exhibition of controlled speed, COLUMBIA BLUE was sooled out of the...
No defence required!
It took four starts to crunch that elusive maiden status, but giant filly INDEFENSIBLE finally delivered Friday on the Canberra Acton track. Her previous trio of defeats had prompted a strong defence from Joe Pride who...
Nic Ashman’s best bet for Saturday
Our resident form analyst Nic Ashman believes there is a heavily underestimated runner in the Group 3 BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben this Saturday. Doomben R9 N7 WILLAIDOW "Narrow 2nd in the G2 Ajax Stakes before...
The Week Ahead May 21
ACCREDITED is set to race in Victoria on Saturday in an attempt to dodge wet weather and gain a start in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) up at Eagle Farm on June 14. The Joe Pride-trained gelding will need to...
New Melbourne Cup contender emerges
The Melbourne Cup qualifier may have been run in Victoria last Saturday but the best guide to Australia’s most famous race came from north of the border. SIR DELIUS made his Australian debut in the G3 Chairmans...
A RUSSIAN Renaissance?
It was only two years ago when RUSSIAN REVOLUTION was anointed the second most expensive stallion on Newgate Farm’s roster. “He’s a stallion that we see, going forward, as on track to be fighting out premierships,...
Rain, rain, don’t go away!
Wet tracks in Queensland this year have washed away the chances of any number of horses as the State clocks up record annual rainfall, but not the Joe Pride prepared Southern visitor, IN FLIGHT! The genuine little mare...