NEWS
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...
The Week Ahead SEP 8
John Bateman's pursuit of a country feature with NICCONITA may take him as far as Dubbo on Sunday. The $100,000 Dubbo Gold Cup (1600m) is a possibility for NICCONITA, with the alternative being a 1600m benchmark race...
In The Blood SEP 7 – VANCOUVER on upward spiral
Second season sire VANCOUVER snared his first Australian stakes winner on Saturday, continuing on his upward trajectory through the stallion ranks. Proven Thoroughbreds has long been bullish about VANCOUVER's prospects...
ROMALETTE fires
A confident ride by the former Victorian-based Ben Thompson helped ROMALETTE return to the winners’ circle at Ipswich on Thursday. A newcomer to the Queensland jockey ranks, Thompson made the move north last month to...