Welcome to 2024! We look forward to the New Year and to celebrating many winners! With recent rain and the abandonment of a few meetings, we didn’t have a lot of runners during December. However we managed to keep the winners coming, with first starters, Arabian Soo and Sassy Missile winning nicely on debut. Arabian […]
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We bounced back to the winners’ circle in style in November with 4 winners: Magic Alwyns and Direct Fire broke their Maiden status at Sapphire Coast on 2nd November. Then we returned with another winning double on November 27th when the progressive Mulvader won his Maiden and the ultra-consistent Hope Uno added win number 4
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Whilst October produced another frustrating string of placings and good performances, I was relieved to return to the winners circle in style with a double at Sapphire Coast on Thursday. This came courtesy of an impressive debut performance by Direct Fire and a well-deserved win by Magic Alwyns!!! October highlights included: Shaka Rock running a
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July was a bit of a frustrating month to end the 2022 / 2023 racing season. We finished the month with 5 x 2nd placings!!! Vain Invader was a super performance at Randwick on the 15th July when finishing 2nd in the Midway over 1600m. On the same day at Wagga, Skaifee looked home when
In the interview below, Theresa explains how racing bits work, why she uses different bits for different horses and what owners and punters can expect from gear changes.
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Trainer Theresa Bateup will be looking for a strong showing out of Vain Invader at Kensington on Wednesday with next week’s Grafton Guineas on the cards. Trainer Theresa Bateup isn’t put off by the possibility of a rain affected track when she heads to Randwick’s meeting on the Kensington track with Vain Invader. With rain
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Victory At Omaha kept the winners coming with a dominant display at Narrandera on the 25th June. This made our first trip to Narrandera race course a successful one. Bro won the Open Handicap over 1600m leading all the way for Kembla apprentice Olivia Chambers. He is building a great record with this being his
Theresa Bateup enjoyed her maiden trip to Narrandera on Sunday, with Victory At Omaha taking out the 1600m Open Handicap. Ridden a treat by two-kilogram-claiming apprentice Olivia Chambers, the Kembla Grange galloper went straight to the front and led comfortably from gate eight Chambers was able to give the five-year-old a mid-race breather as the
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Ghostly grey gelding Skaifee can secure one premiership title for himself and potentially one for his trainer Theresa Bateup at the same time if successful in Sunday’s Superior Oysters Handicap (1000m) at the Sapphire Coast. The south coast venue is the happiest of hunting grounds for both horse and trainer. Skaifee has won three times
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How good is it and when will it race? These are front of mind questions for owners of young horses. With some horses the answers to these questions become clear early on. But for others, it’s a slow reveal. It’s not unusual for horses to go well into their racing careers before they begin to
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