NEWS
The Week Ahead OCT 1-7
The October long weekend shapes as a busy period for Proven Thoroughbreds with runners in three states. One horse we are particularly looking forward to is GOTTA KISS (pictured), an unraced filly lining up in...
Golden start to season for Steve O’Dea
It’s fair to say Proven Thoroughbreds backed a winner in choosing to align with the Steve O’Dea stable just over a decade ago. In Steve's first season with us, he had only recently moved from Townsville to Eagle Farm...
Cool Thorntons Do it Again!
Sibling jockeys Stephanie (pictured) & Boris Thornton struck more blows for Proven Thoroughbreds and trainer Steve O'Dea with another Queensland double on Saturday. Younger sister Stephanie rated the old warrior...
WAR DECK victorious!
John Bateman-trained four-year-old WAR DECK led home a Proven Thoroughbreds quinella at Goulburn on Friday. Despite being unwanted in betting at $21, WAR DECK overcame a three-wide run to defeat the Joe Pride-trained...
THE WILD ONE trots in!
THE WILD ONE provided the perfect advertisement for gelding when blowing his opposition away by more than five lengths at Grafton on Monday. The Steve O’Dea-trained three-year-old was a story of unfulfilled potential...
The Week Ahead SEP 23
Our 42nd winner for the year eluded us last week with two second placings but with up to 10 runners this week we are well positioned to return to the winners' circle. RECKLESS CHOICE was one of those runner-ups but...
The Week Ahead SEP 16-22
Proven Thoroughbreds' schedule of runners for the week ahead has been decimated by rain and wide gates however the popular RECKLESS CHOICE will still take his place at Eagle Farm on Saturday. RECKLESS CHOICE, trained...
SO YOU SHOP bags first win!
The appeal of Queensland’s lucrative QTIS bonuses was highlighted in SO YOU SHOP’s maiden-breaking win at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Lining up in just his second race start, SO YOU SHOP won the 1300m contest with his...
More record prizemoney for Magic Millions Carnival
Racing in Queensland will ride The Wave this summer with the introduction of a new $250,000 feature race on the Gold Coast and an expanded Magic Millions program for 2020. Staged on January 4, The Wave will be staged...
The Week Ahead SEP 9-15
We begin the new week after a gala Saturday in Brisbane where four runners yielded three winners and a second - taking our yearly tally of winners to 40. RECKLESS CHOICE, SCALLOPINI and SIENNA ROSE completed the Steve...
Proven and O’Dea sweep Eagle Farm with treble, almost quartet!
A red-letter day for Proven Thoroughbreds and Steve O’Dea witnessed three winners and a second from four runners at Eagle Farm on Saturday. RECKLESS CHOICE (pictured) was the first of the treble, winning the 1600m BM78...
The Week Ahead SEP 2-8
The week ahead for Proven Thoroughbreds is set to see the careers of some newly-turned three-year-olds kick off as well as the return of seasoned campaigners like SCALLOPINI and COOL SEQUENCE. In what shapes as a busy...