NEWS
8 days…8 winners!
As if the winter of 2024 couldn’t get any better! Sunday’s O’Dea/Hoysted prepared double at the Sunshine Coast raised the season’s total of winners to 60, the last eight achieved in a mere eight days. HANG FIVE’s...
A burning winter!
Racing’s a funny game. So reliant on luck and the synergy of variables coming together to produce desirable results. But when you’re hot you’re hot! Proven’s scalding winter of 2024 will abate soon enough however...
5 winners in 5 days!
Doubles Saturday and Wednesday continued the exceptional Proven winter but there are few things more encouraging in racing, than a debut win. Thursday at Kembla, trainer Kerry Parker produced TAKE YOU THERE for the...
Stellar Winter continues!
Such is the ebb and flow of racing fortune, that after a forgettable autumn, the Racing Gods have conjured a memorable winter for the black and lime green colours. From Dalby to Flemington the winners (and champagne!)...
TERMAGANT rises again!
TERMAGANT took the rise to Saturday metropolitan company in her stride with her third victory from only four career starts at the rescheduled Caloundra Cup meeting on Sunday. Starting a warm favourite in the 1000m 3YO...
IN FLIGHT in cruise control!
IN FLIGHT’s rampant winter continued at Randwick on Saturday with her fourth win from just five starts. Despite an impost of 60kg, the Joe Pride trained filly once again made light work of her rivals, winning the 1100m...
A new era begins
Please be advised the O’Dea-Hoysted Racing training partnership will be dissolved at the conclusion of the current racing season, ushering in a new era for rising trainer Matt Hoysted. For the last six months, Steve...
The Week Ahead Jul 10
The big wet has claimed meetings in multiple states recently with a backlog of programs to be re-run across the eastern seaboard this week. Last Saturday’s postponed Sunshine Coast meeting will now be staged this...
Smooth sailing for WHISKEY!
An astute piece of placement by the O’Dea-Hoysted stable helped SHOT OF WHISKEY find his way back to the winners’ stall at Toowoomba’s Saturday night meeting. SHOT OF WHISKEY had contested much stronger races than the...
The Week Ahead Jul 3
A rare victory on a Monday at Warwick made it 9 winners in 27 days for Proven Thoroughbreds. Most of our stock tend to race from Wednesday to Saturday but tough gelding HANG FIVE looked particularly well placed in a...
HANG FIVE bounces back
4yo gelding HANG FIVE chalked up his fourth career victory with a tenacious effort at Warwick on Monday. The son of ASTERN had question marks over him given the tough run he had at the Sunny Coast at his prior start,...
TAKE A BOW salutes on debut!
The Steve O'Dea and Matt Hoysted-trained TAKE A BOW made the perfect start to her career with a devastating win at Gatton on Saturday. Settling sixth in a 10-horse field, the daughter of emerging sire ROYAL MEETING...