Two of the stables in-form horses made it a Bateup double on The Gong day. The Guru and Divine Breath took out wins with Brock Ryan leading the way for both. Theresa was a guest on Sky Racing broadcast giving her views of the day and a snapshot of her training career.
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The locals have drawn first blood at Kembla’s flagship meeting with trainer Theresa Bateup and apprentice Brock Ryan combining to capture the opening race with The Guru. Bateup has spent her career training from the provincial track, while Ryan is indentured to fellow Kembla Grange trainers Robert and Luke Price. The pair won the last
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Kembla Grange trainer Theresa Bateup will be looking to make the most of her home track advantage as Metropolitan racing hits the Illawarra region on Saturday. While she is without a runner in Saturday’s $1 million feature The Gong, the popular horsewoman is confident her local runners will make their presence felt on the circuit’s
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November kicked off in the best possible fashion with The Guru toughing it out in a fighting finish to win The Agency Handicap BenchMark 70 at Randwick on Melbourne Cup Day over 2000m. It was a well deserved win for The Guru, who has been racing very consistently. It was fantastic to have a big
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What an exciting and successful month it has been for the Bateup Racing Team! Whilst the “The Four Pillars” Race was only announced last month we were fortunate enough to secure a slot in the $700,000 race with Divine Breath following her excellent 2nd placing in the Midway behind the Four Pillars favourite, Different Strokes.
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After storming home into a placing at Nowra on debut, Theresa Bateup is confident Moon Stories is set to sparkle when he steps out in the ACM Click N Connect Maiden Handicap (1600m) at the Sapphire Coast on Thursday. Despite not winning, Bateup’s three-year-old was no doubt the horse to follow out the Pink Up
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We have been offered the opportunity to train this yearling by his breeders who will retain shares. He is another in our offering by a super consistent stallion, in this case Smart Missile whose colts have a fantastic winner: runners ratio of 72% This gelding is a very strong, precocious type. He is a great
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Charge Forward has been a reliable sire of sprinter/milers with a high 65% winners: runners ratio. He has produced 28 stakes winners and does a good job with 2 year olds. However, his stock also train on. I have a good opinion of our Charge Forward gelding, River Charge and believe we are yet to
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Pluck is not a fashionable stallion but I’ve had some good experiences with his stock including our promising 2 year old Steve Steve Steve and the handy mare Titaness. I think the best of Pluck’s progeny conform to a “type” and this filly fits that bill. Coming from such a strong family, this girl has
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After a string of yearling sales where prices have been through the roof, the HBTA (Scone) Sale turned out to be a “buyers’ market” presenting plenty of opportunities for bargain hunters. Although the average sale price was up 9% to $19,202, this was about a better quality catalogue. The reality is that there were a
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