NEWS
It’s no SECRET!
SECRET TALES’ fifth career win on Wednesday was the perfect advertisement for the revamped QTIS bonus scheme. The Steve O’Dea and Matt Hoysted-trained mare was steered by Nikita Beriman to a narrow but decisive victory...
The Week Ahead Feb 28
Another busy week awaits Proven Thoroughbreds with a host of runners preceding the start of the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale on Sunday. Inspections are underway at Oaklands and Proven will be hoping to source...
Drinks all round as THINK ABOUT IT’s rampant form continues
It was a fantastic weekend for Proven Thoroughbreds on a number of fronts but THINK ABOUT IT’s emphatic victory in the Group 3 Liverpool City Cup (1300m) at Randwick was the clear highlight. The Joe Pride-trained 4YO...
Punters climb aboard the VANTAN EXPRESS!
The Steve O’Dea/Matt Hoysted juggernaut continued Thursday at Gatton when stable apprentice Emily Lang fortuitously steered $1.95 favourite VANTAN EXPRESS through some messy interference in the middle stages to...
HANG FIVE hangs tough!
Lightly raced 3YO HANG FIVE atoned for a luckless defeat with a gritty win at Eagle Farm’s midweek meeting. The dreaded three-wide, no-cover position condemned HANG FIVE to an unplaced finish as an even money favourite...
The Week Ahead Feb 21
It will be a special occasion at Randwick this Saturday with the renewal of the Proven Thoroughbreds Guy Walter Stakes (1400m). Proven is a long time sponsor of the Group 2 mares race named in memory of Guy, who was...
SCALLOPINI – a true marvel!
Hitting forty is invariably a substantial milestone and so it was for the veteran SCALLOPINI at Flemington on Saturday. In a display of sustained speed that belied his eight years, the SNITZEL gelding showed his more...
MERSEYSIDE shows no mercy!
Whilst MERSEYSIDE looked the winner of a modest BM65 on Friday night at the Sunshine Coast, like all fancied horses, it’s quite another matter to actually convert the probable into a decisive victory. The BETTER THAN...
The Week Ahead Feb 14
Proven Thoroughbreds will have eyes on all three of the country's major metropolitan meetings this Saturday. SCALLOPINI (pictured) lines up in the Listed Elms Handicap at Flemington, STELLAR MAGIC heads south to...
What about a two state double!
The promising THINK ABOUT IT vindicated trainer Joe Pride’s big opinion of the gelding with another emphatic victory on Saturday at Randwick whilst another late maturer, OCEAN TREATY secured her 7th win from just 19...
The Week Ahead Feb 7
Top stayer STOCKMAN begins his Sydney Cup quest in the Group 2 Apollo Stakes at Randwick this Saturday. While he's unlikely to trouble the scorer first-up over 1400m, the Joe Pride-trained gelding has been impressing...
$100k bonus to 50 maiden winners!
A game-changing prizemoney incentive for Inglis Sales graduates was announced on Sunday. Unveiled as the 'Inglis Xtra Bonus Series', the initiative will grant a $100,000 prizemoney bonus to the winning connections of...