NEWS
THINK ABOUT IT unstoppable!
The Joe Pride trained So You Think gelding Think About It has charged through the grades this year and looks set to keep his winning run going in Brisbane with a stylish first up victory in the Listed Takeover Target...
LICHESTER confirms promise
Trainer Joe Pride was beginning to question even his own judgement of lightly raced 3yo filly LICHESTER, until she emphatically endorsed his healthy opinion of her in Tuesday’s 1300m Maiden at Kembla Grange with a...
MOUNT WARNING salutes on ANZAC day!
Promising filly MOUNT WARNING is on her way to bigger things after disposing of her maiden at Gosford on ANZAC Day. The daughter of ASTERN had trialled in brilliant fashion leading into Tuesday’s 1000m Maiden Plate and...
The Week Ahead Apr 25
A handful or promising Pride-trained 3YOs will step out this week as well as high profile stablemate PRIVATE EYE. MOUNT WARNING and SLIPSTREAMING are two fillies that could go to a new level this preparation having...
2023 O’Dea-Hoysted Kolora Lodge Open Day wrap
Spectacular autumn weather greeted a bumper roll-up to our annual Kolora Lodge open day with the O'Dea-Hoysted stable. Faces old and new spent the first half of their Sunday at the picturesque Kolora Lodge, nestled on...
The Week Ahead Apr 19
The returning CANADIAN DANCER is Proven Thoroughbreds' sole runner this week. Winner of the Listed Princess Stakes (1600m) this time last year, CANADIAN DANCER is due to resume in the 1200m BM72 Handicap at Doomben on...
2023 Joe Pride Open Day wrap
A throng of 150-plus Proven Thoroughbreds owners spent the first half of their Sunday inspecting our current and emerging crop of racehorses with the Joe Pride stable. An early morning shower made way for sunshine as...
NZ breds dominate The Championships
The Championships is over for another year and the biggest talking point was the dominance of our antipodean neighbours. New Zealand-bred horses claimed victory in 7 of the 8 Group 1s across the two days, and finished...
The Week Ahead Apr 11
Proven Thoroughbreds is on weather watch again as rain threatens PRIVATE EYE's bid for the $1.5 million Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick this Saturday. As of Tuesday morning the Randwick surface was rated an...
BETTER YET breaks through!
Lightly-raced filly BETTER YET improved on a sequence of minor placings to claim a deserved maiden victory at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. When the favourite KOZANI kicked clear at the 200m mark, it appeared as though...
The Week Ahead Apr 4
A surprise deluge dulled Day One of The Championships but an improving forecast could see the Randwick track upgrade to the soft range for the much anticipated Queen Elizabeth Stakes meeting. Proven Thoroughbreds had...
HEDGE FUND – a deserved winner!
Justice is only an occasional visitor to the racecourse but was most certainly present at Kembla Tuesday to witness the impressive victory of HEDGE FUND. A placegetter in three of his previous five starts, the Winning...