NEWS
The Week Ahead OCT 20
Steve O'Dea and Matt Hoysted entering a training partnership was the big news this week. The partnership was made official by Racing Australia on Monday and ushers in an exciting new chapter for Proven Thoroughbreds....
In The Blood OCT 19 – ZOUSTAR’s resurgence
A fruitful week for ZOUSTAR has elevated the son of NORTHERN METEOR to third on this season's sire rankings by stakes wins. A black type treble between Wednesday and Saturday increased ZOUSTAR's tally of stakes wins...
O’Dea & Thornton strike GOLD again
The familiar trainer-jockey combination of Steve O’Dea and Stephanie Thornton once again came to the fore at the weekend as THE GOLDEN HIND tasted victory at the Sunshine Coast. Lining up over 1300m second-up from a...
MACCOMO roars to life with blinkers
The addition of blinkers and a change of tactics had the desired effect for MACCOMO on Friday, as the gelding shed his maiden status in dominant fashion. Starting favourite in the 1400m Maiden Plate at Bathurst,...
The Week Ahead OCT 13
This week will herald the return of promising stayer STOCKMAN, who resumes over 1400m on Everest day at Randwick. A winner at four of his last five starts, STOCKMAN is likely to find Saturday's race a bit sharp...
In The Blood OCT 12 – KERMADEC’s history-making daughter
Emerging second-season sire KERMADEC provided a history-making result on Saturday as MONTEFILIA became the first ever fill to annex the Flight Stakes-Spring Champion Stakes double. Inaugurated in 1971, the Spring...
BETTER GET SET jets to victory
Promising filly BETTER GET SET continued a hot run of form for Proven Thoroughbreds and trainer Steven O’Dea with a strong win at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. In what was our third winner for the weekend and 15th...
TRIP THE LIGHT & OCEAN TREATY combine for 24hr double
A fruitful 24 hours for Proven Thoroughbreds and trainer Steve O’Dea saw TRIP THE LIGHT and OCEAN TREATY win at the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast respectively. TRIP THE LIGHT (pictured) started a commanding favourite...
The Week Ahead OCT 6
Promising mare OCEAN TREATY will chase three consecutive wins when she tackles 1800m for the first time on Saturday. The Steve O'Dea-trained galloper heads to the Gold Coast following wins at the Sunshine Coast and...