Starting the Day with an 18-length Winner

Mark Smith - Sunday March 28

While Jamie Walters Proven Thoroughbreds had to be satisfied with three placings from its three runners at Doomben on Saturday, supporters of the stable had a day out at the Gold Coast.

In the opening event over 1400m, the 2yo Spill The Beans filly Secret Tales was simply devasting in an 18-length romp.

It was the second start for Steve O'Dea and Matt Hoysted-trained filly who devoured the heavy track.

The stable had little time to reflect on that romp when the 3yo More Than Ready gelding Travoli opened his account in a QTIS 3-Y-O Maiden Plate over 1800m.

Another to relish the heavy 10, Travoli steamrolled the odds-on favourite Dear Sibling (Sebring) by four and a quarter lengths.

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The win would be welcomed by his breeders, S F Bloodstock, Blake Sandblom Pty Ltd and Winstar Farm, who have a Capitalist half-sister to Travoli in the Newgate Farm consignment heading to the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale (lot 136)

Purchased by Proven Thoroughbreds/Steven O'Dea for $110,000 at the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Travoli is the first foal of the two-time stakes-winning Flying Spur mate Traveston Girl who was runner-up in the Group 1 MRC Thousand Guineas.

Travoli a $110,000 Magic Millions yearling

Traveston Girl was onsold at last years Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale.

Out of a sister to the triple Group 1 winner Defier from the family of the champion Triscay, Traveston Girl was purchased by Lockyer Thoroughbreds for $300,000 when carrying a colt by Deep Field.

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Race Result - Heineken Gc Cup On Sale Mdn 1400m

Gold Coast Track: Heavy(10) Time: 1:29.02
1
Secret Tales
- 2f Spill The Beans (AUS) x Fairytale Belle (AUS) (Real Saga (AUS))
Tnr: S O'Dea & M Hoysted Rdr: Jag Guthmann-Chester 57
2
18.0
Sock'emsid
- 2g Mahisara (AUS) x Pliability (AUS) (Danzero (AUS))
Tnr: Brendan Jones Rdr: N Thomas 58
3
24.3
Atta Gal
- 2f Super One (AUS) x Great Gal (AUS) (All American (AUS))
Tnr: Matt Boland Rdr: Josh Adams 54
4
29.1
Delta Miss
- 2f Air Force Blue (USA) x Battle Line (AUS) (Galileo (IRE))
Tnr: Des Trindall Rdr: Vishan Venkaya 54.5
5
33.9
No More Red
- 2g Domesday (AUS) x Piquette (AUS) (Grand Lodge (USA))
Tnr: S J Morrisey Rdr: N Tomizawa 58
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