NEWS
The Week Ahead Jul 10
The big wet has claimed meetings in multiple states recently with a backlog of programs to be re-run across the eastern seaboard this week. Last Saturday’s postponed Sunshine Coast meeting will now be staged this...
Smooth sailing for WHISKEY!
An astute piece of placement by the O’Dea-Hoysted stable helped SHOT OF WHISKEY find his way back to the winners’ stall at Toowoomba’s Saturday night meeting. SHOT OF WHISKEY had contested much stronger races than the...
The Week Ahead Jul 3
A rare victory on a Monday at Warwick made it 9 winners in 27 days for Proven Thoroughbreds. Most of our stock tend to race from Wednesday to Saturday but tough gelding HANG FIVE looked particularly well placed in a...
HANG FIVE bounces back
4yo gelding HANG FIVE chalked up his fourth career victory with a tenacious effort at Warwick on Monday. The son of ASTERN had question marks over him given the tough run he had at the Sunny Coast at his prior start,...
TAKE A BOW salutes on debut!
The Steve O'Dea and Matt Hoysted-trained TAKE A BOW made the perfect start to her career with a devastating win at Gatton on Saturday. Settling sixth in a 10-horse field, the daughter of emerging sire ROYAL MEETING...
IN FLIGHT airborne!
IN FLIGHT's third win from her previous four starts was described as “the performance of the day” at Rosehill on Saturday. That’s how times analyst Nic Ashman summarised IN FLIGHT’s ($3.40) victory in the BM72 1100m...
TOWN CRIER goes crunch!
TOWN CRIER justified a significant betting plunge to break through for a deserved win at Dalby on Thursday. The SPIRIT OF BOOM gelding won on debut on June 28 last year and despite a city placing and some good...
2024 Tatts Tiara preview
Here is The Beaten Favourite's preview of the final Group 1 race of the season - the Tatts Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
The Week Ahead Jun 26
Despite a terrific win last Saturday at Flemington, THE BLACK CLOUD will forgo a start in the Creswick Stakes and instead head for the paddock. She’s done an outstanding job winning 2 of her 3 starts this preparation...
THE BLACK CLOUD thunders at Flemington!
Stakes racing is on the agenda for THE BLACK CLOUD after a successful hit-and-run mission to Flemington on Saturday. The Joe Pride-trained filly lumped 59kg down the famous Flemington straight and staved off a wall of...
LEVAR makes light work of maiden
Always encouraging to see a horse break their maiden by five lengths and that was the case with LEVAR on Thursday. LEVAR started a prohibitively short quote of $1.24 in the 860m dash at Gatton and lived up to market...
The Week Ahead Jun 19
Proven Thoroughbreds is set to have three runners in three states on Saturday, including a pair of feature race starters. The Joe Pride-trained THE BLACK CLOUD (pictured) will test her wares down the famous Flemington...