NEWS
CARTWHEELS burns the turf!
Ipswich’s Christmas Eve meeting provided some festive celebrations for connections of 3YO filly CARTWHEELS. Always gratifying to see a young horse break through within their first few starts, and so it was on Sunday as...
Cheers to LITTLE COINTREAU!
LITTLE COINTREAU took the notoriously difficult rise from maiden to class 1 company with a tenacious effort at Wyong on Saturday. In what was his first run outside of maiden grade, LITTLE COINTREAU pulled out all stops...
Proven/Pride in Gosford Double
Two gallopers from the Proven Thoroughbreds/Pride Racing team are maidens no more following victories in consecutive races at Gosford Thursday. The race to race double began with the regally bred COSMONOVA in the 1000m...
HEYOKA brave on debut!
SPIRIT OF BOOM filly HEYOKA made an exciting career debut in the BRC Maiden Plate (1200m) at Doomben on Wednesday. Ridden by Boris Thorton for Steve O'Dea and Matt Hoysted, the Proven Thoroughbreds colour bearer took...
The Week Ahead Dec 20
Christmas cheer is in the air but there was a tinge of sadness on Tuesday as we bid farewell to a Proven Thoroughbreds stalwart. SCALLOPINI, the most prolific winner in the history of Proven Thoroughbreds, has been...
The Week Ahead Dec 13
The progressive ACCREDITED steps out in Saturday metropolitan company for the first time in his short career at Randwick this weekend. Trainer Joe Pride will use an off-season 1100m BM72 Handicap to test the waters...
FORTUNEER strikes gold on debut!
As far as debut wins go, 3YO filly FORTUNEER could hardly have done more at Doomben’s twilight meeting on Friday. Co-trainers Steve O’Dea and Matt Hoysted rolled the dice in running FORTUNEER from a wide gate, and...
The Week Ahead Dec 7
BETTER GET SET will be out to defend her Just Now Stakes title at Eagle Farm this Saturday. The Steve O'Dea and Matt Hoysted-trained mare was a dominant winner of the race 12 months ago when starting a $4.40 chance,...
Cheers to LITTLE COINTREAU!
LITTLE COINTREAU converted a series of placings into an overdue maiden victory when resuming at Hawkesbury on Sunday. The 4yo gelding had placed in his four previous starts (including a 0.1 length and 0.38 length...
Christmas STOCK arrives early!
Not since his St Leger triumph 13 runs ago on Everest Day last year, had the old warrior STOCKMAN graced even the placegetter’s circle, let alone the winner’s! However a soft surface on his favourite circuit, an...
The Week Ahead Nov 28
Proven Thoroughbreds will be represented in stakes races in both Sydney and Brisbane this weekend, with weather set to play a key role. After a spate of dry tracks, Sydney is predicted to receive up to 75mm of rain...
IN FLIGHT soars!
A drizzly morning, a deteriorating soft (6) track and a relatively quick fortnight’s turnaround, failed to dim the resolve of trainer Joe Pride’s commitment to running lightly raced filly IN FLIGHT in a 1000m Maiden at...