NEWS
The Week Ahead SEP 29
This Saturday's Eagle Farm meeting will see Proven Thoroughbreds and Steve O'Dea Racing attempt to win Brisbane's first two-year-old race of the season for the second year running. Twelve months ago it was GOTTA KISS...
In The Blood SEP 28 – WRITTEN TYCOON claims top spot
A Group 1 double at the weekend has catapulted WRITTEN TYCOON to the top of this season's sire rankings. PIPPIE's second Group 1 scalp in Friday night's Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley supplied the first leg of...
She’s TOO HOT TO HOLD!
Consistent mare TOO HOT TO HOLD registered her fourth career win when proving strongest over a mile at the Sunshine Coast on Friday night. The Steve O’Dea-trained galloper had been out of the winners’ circle since...
OCEAN TREATY strikes again!
Progressive mare OCEAN TREATY posted her second consecutive win in determined fashion at Ipswich on Thursday. In her first run outside maiden company, OCEAN TREATY relished stepping up to a mile, wearing down the...
The Week Ahead SEP 22
Veteran campaigner RECKLESS CHOICE is set to tackle the $125,000 Toowoomba Cup (2000m) on Saturday in pursuit of his 8th career victory. The Steve O'Dea-trained gelding was an impressive winner at Eagle Farm last start...
In The Blood SEP 21 – No stopping ENCOSTA
ENCOSTA DE LAGO showed why he is the heir apparent of ZABEEL in Australasia's broodmare sire standings with another fruitful weekend of results. On Friday at Newcastle, ENCOSTA DE LAGO's daughter HALLOWEEN produced the...
RECKLESS CHOICE back in business
Stable veteran RECKLESS CHOICE brought up his seventh career win in fine style at Eagle Farm on Wednesday. The son of CHOISIR was backed into favouritism in the 1800m Class 6 Plate and duly saluted by 3.5 lengths after...
The Week Ahead SEP 15
Almost a dozen runners are due to face the starter for Proven Thoroughbreds this week, including a promising maiden and a couple of veteran performers. The Joe Pride (pictured)-trained MACCOMO will attempt to shed his...
In The Blood SEP 14 – ZOUSTAR poised for best season yet
If ZOUSTAR hasn’t already established himself as a top-tier sire, he will by the end of this season. In the first six weeks of the new term, the champion son of the late NORTHERN METEOR has notched three individual...
OCEAN TREATY back from the brink
Nine months ago OCEAN TREATY’s future was hanging delicately in the balance but at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday the four-year-old mare made up for some lost time with a determined maiden-breaking win. It was last...
Defying the numbers!
Despite a first crop of only 48 live foals, EXTREME CHOICE has drawn first blood in the freshman season sire stakes with two trial winners from just four starters! A son of NOT A SINGLE DOUBT who won the G1 Blue...
O’Dea and Proven double up at Eagle Farm
A fruitful day at Eagle Farm’s midweek meeting saw trainer Steve O’Dea prepare a race-to-race double for Proven Thoroughbreds. In the 1200m Maiden it was promising three-year-old LITTLE RIVER who, at just her second...