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Bumper Bega Cup carnival continues good season

What a three weeks it’s been for Theresa Bateup, who’s prepared six winners as her stable continues its red-hot start to 2026.  Sebastian’s Flyer (Robyn Freeman) kicked off the winning run when triumphing in a 1600m Benchmark 58 Handicap at Queanbeyan on January 10.  Kitty Okay (Amy McLucas) then impressed with a dominant victory in the 1200m Maiden […]

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Bateup eyeing feature-race success at Moruya

Theresa Bateup will travel to Moruya on Monday, with a strong team of runners contesting the feature races on the South East program.  In a two-pronged attack, 2025 Bega Cup winner Direct Fire (Amy McLucas, 54.5kg) and recent Nowra Cup competitor Master Riley (Jess Taylor, 54kg) take on the $75,000 Moruya Cup (1425m).  With Big Dance eligibility on the

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Last start winners set for Wyong

Theresa Bateup will travel to Wyong on Wednesday with last-start winners Liamena Avenue and Pretty Please.  Mollie Fitzgerald has picked up the ride on Liamena Avenue, with the 4YO Headwater gelding set to contest the 1350m Class One Handicap.  A frustrating commodity at times, Liamena Avenue put it all together at Queanbeyan on November 11, winning nicely in the 1200m Maiden

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Bateup sets two-pronged attack at Queanbeyan 

Theresa Bateup will start the in-form pair of Pretty Please and Sebastian’s Flyer in the 2000m Benchmark 58 Handicap at Queanbeyan on Tuesday. The ever-consistent Pretty Please was coming off back-to-back placings when winning the 1600m Maiden Handicap at the Sapphire Coast on October 30. Jess Taylor (56.5kg) is back in the saddle at Queanbeyan,

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Bateup nearing milestone ahead of Kembla Grange assignment

Racing at her home track at Kembla Grange on Saturday, Theresa Bateup is nearing a training milestone, sitting only four wins off 250 career victories.  While the Sapphire Coast has been Bateup’s happiest hunting ground, having trained an impressive 85 winners at the popular South East racecourse, Kembla Grange is Bateup’s second most prolific racecourse,

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Dynamic duo chasing ton at Moruya

Racing’s dynamic duo, Theresa Bateup and Jess Taylor, can edge closer to a shared century of winners when the trainer and jockey combine at one of their happier hunting grounds on Tuesday. Their current tally of wins across the board is 87 with exactly 200 placegetters. Taylor’s four scheduled engagements for Bateup at Moruya today which will take

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