NEWS
The Week Ahead Aug 29
A quartet of runners for the Proven team this week as the spring carnival starts to heat up. Joe Pride's marvel EDUARDO lines up against his old sparring partner NATURE STRIP in the Group 2 Concorde Stakes (1000m) at...
UNDERHAND bolts in!
The rapidly improving UNDERHAND gave the track record a nudge in winning over the 800m course at Warwick on Thursday. The daughter of WINNING RUPERT stopped the clock 0.07 seconds outside the track record set back in...
NAVAL TRADER sails to victory!
Orphaned at birth, then fostered through the critical early weeks of his life, the now spring 4YO NAVAL TRADER announced himself as a horse of promise at the Sunshine Coast Wednesday. Ridden with initiative from a wide...
The Week Ahead Aug 23
A host of runners from our Queensland base are set to face the starter this week, most notably the resuming SPIN DOCTOR. SPIN DOCTOR (pictured) was an impressive winner on debut before finishing third in the $500,000...
The Week Ahead Aug 16
Proven Thoroughbreds' runners this week will be confined to the sunshine state with a quartet of acceptors including the promising OCEAN ZAR. OCEAN ZAR (pictured) cost a mere $20,000 as a yearling but the daughter of...
AFFECTIONATE at last!
Patience is an acknowledged virtue in racing, hard as it is to embrace. However, the owners of AFFECTIONATE were finally rewarded in the 1600m Maiden at the Sunshine Coast Sunday when the mare broke her duck in style....
Bet you didn’t know this!
Despite Australia’s indifference towards breeding stayers, prizemoney remains heavily skewed towards longer distance races. Currently there are 786 stakes races/feature races of at least $100,000 prizemoney on the...
The Week Ahead Aug 8
A relatively quiet week ahead but one that will be spearheaded by a promising 3YO returning to the races. SHOT OF WHISKEY (pictured) was an impressive debut winner as a juvenile last season before racing without luck...
The Week Ahead Aug 1
And so another season begins in the racing world and as usual there is no rest for the wicked! The 2022-23 season will live long in our memory with multiple Group 1 wins, a Melbourne Cup runner and more than $10...