NEWS
The Week Ahead OCT 14-20
As we enter week 42 of 2019, Proven Thoroughbreds' tally of winners stands at a healthy 47. Our latest victor was the Joe Pride-trained IS THAT SO at Wyong last Thursday. A busy upcoming seven days awaits with 10...
So Good!
IS THAT SO became Proven Thoroughbreds’ 47th winner for the year when saluting at Wyong on Thursday. The Joe Pride-trained gelding relished a distance rise to 1600m, emerging from a trailing position to win by...
The Week Ahead OCT 8-13
The October long weekend was a memorable one for the owners of GOTTA KISS as the 2yo filly announced herself as a Magic Millions contender with victory on debut at Eagle Farm. The Steve O'Dea-trained filly impressed...
Sealed with a KISS!
The Magic Millions dream is well and truly alive for connections of GOTTA KISS after the precocious filly took out Brisbane’s first two-year-old race of the season on Saturday. There was an air of expectation heading...
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...















