NEWS
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...
The Week Ahead Mar 28
Day 1 of The Championships at Randwick looms large with Proven Thoroughbreds set to be represented by the familiar Joe Pride-trained pair PRIVATE EYE and STOCKMAN. PRIVATE EYE lines up in the $3 million Group 1 TJ...
The Week Ahead Mar 22
The Sydney autumn carnival continues at Rosehill on Saturday with the running of the $1.5 million Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) - a race Proven Thoroughbreds will be hoping to go one better in after STOCKMAN was...
Orphaned NAVAL TRADER now a winner!
After the tragic passing of his mother ROSES FOR DEB whilst giving birth, NAVAL TRADER ‘swapped’ Mums in order to survive and on the evidence of Wednesday’s maiden victory, the fostering was a job well done. Thanks to...