Rich Hill Stud stallions continued their superb run of racetrack success across Australasia, with Proisir siring four weekend winners and Satono Aladdin and Ace High also producing impressive metropolitan winners in Australia.
Leading the charge for Proisir was Leovanni, who continued her golden run of form with a third consecutive victory in Saturday’s A$120,000 TAB Highway Plate (1800m) at Randwick.
The Cameron Crockett-trained mare showed her tenacity over the closing stages, fighting off the late challenge of the previously unbeaten Maples under Alysha Collett. Her winning streak has connections now contemplating bigger targets in the months ahead.
Proisir’s Group-winning son Tapildoodledo returned to winning form at Eagle Farm, producing a powerful finishing burst to claim the Drinkwise Handicap (2200m).
Trained by Kerry Taplin, the talented gelding came from last on the home turn before storming down the outside to record an impressive victory.
Sunday saw exciting Proisir two-year-old Glide further enhance his reputation with an authoritative win at just his second start in the Jack Maher Classic (1200m) at Wodonga.
Purchased by Yulong for $360,000 at the 2025 Inglis Classic Sale, the Dominic Sutton-trained colt justified his hot favouritism with an impressive turn of foot.
On the domestic front, Koro Princess completed a memorable weekend when she won the Te Aroha Jockey Club Hospitality Handicap (1200m). The victory credited Proisir with his 50th individual New Zealand winner of the season, another outstanding milestone for the reigning Champion Sire.
The consistency of Proisir’s progeny continues to be reflected in the New Zealand Sires’ Premiership, where he holds a commanding $445,000 final week-lead over perennial rival Savabeel in the race for the Grosvenor Award.
Not to be outdone, Satono Aladdin also featured on the winners’ list through his exciting daughter Satono Jasmine, who maintained her unbeaten recent record with victory in the A$160,000 B & K Group Australia Handicap (1800m) at Randwick.
The progressive filly has now won her last four consecutive starts for trainer Brad Widdup and comfortably accounted for her older rivals to confirm herself as one to follow when she returns for spring racing.
On Wednesday at Sandown, Ace High’s talented daughter Jenni Multabella made a stunning return to the winner’s circle, taking out the Sportsbet Fixed Odds Exotics Handicap (1400m).
Racing in the famous Tony Ottobre colours for trainer Lloyd Kennewell, the four-year-old had shown outstanding ability as a juvenile before suffering a career threatening injury as a three-year-old.
Now back to her best, connections have black-type ambitions firmly in their sights for the spring.
Another Ace High winner in famous colours was the John Bell-trained Altiplano, who was a decisive three-and-a-half length winner on the Cambridge synthetic for owner Sir Peter Vela. Ace High has sired nine individual Australasian winners for the month of July, underlining the continued momentum of Rich Hill’s exciting young Group 1 sire.
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