Rich Hill Stud
570 Landsdowne Road
, Walton, NZ, 3475
john@richhillstud.co.nz or richhillstud@xtra.co.nz
www.richhillstud.co.nz
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Stallions standing at Rich Hill Stud
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“Watch out, he’s back.” That’s the warning from trainer Stephen Marsh following former New Zealand Horse of the Year El Vencedor’s return to winning form in the Gr.3 Elsdon Park Balmerino Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Tuesday.
A Melbourne Cup victory with a daughter of his former Group One star Shocking would be a dream come true for Australian owner-breeder Laurence Eales, who is hoping Shockletz can follow in her sire's footsteps at Flemington on Tuesday.
Promising three-year-old filly Puzzle opened her winning account with a convincing performance at Trentham on Sunday, with trainer Johno Benner confident there is plenty more to come from the daughter of Satono Aladdin.
Talented New Zealand-bred filly Satono Glow continued her march towards the Gr.1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) with an impressive victory in Saturday’s Gr.2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill.
Just two weeks ago veteran warhorse Waitak and progressive performer Tuxedo went head to head in a thrilling finish to the Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) at Hastings with the decision at the winning post that day favouring Waitak by a short half-head.
New Zealand mare Hankee Alpha has wasted little time in making her mark across the Tasman, with her Australian debut producing a six-length runaway in Saturday’s A$80,000 TAB One Pool (1200m) at Flemington.
The Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) got the contest and finish it deserved as 2025 winner Waitak defended his crown in a thrilling three-way finish to the Hastings feature.
Unheralded three-year-old Old Fashioned fired a shot across the bows of his age-group rivals as he produced a quality effort to take out the Gr.2 The Foxes @ Novara Park Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Hastings on Saturday at just his second raceday start.
The New Zealand-bred Blind Raise stamped himself as one of the horses to beat in next month’s Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) with a dominant performance in the A$300,000 Gr.3 Sportsbet Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday.
New Zealand-bred mare Shockletz will get the chance to emulate her Melbourne Cup winning sire Shocking after securing her place in the this year's Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) with a decisive victory in the Gr.3 Lexus Archer Stakes (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Promising New Zealand-bred filly Satono Glow made an immediate impact on her return to racing with victory in the Group III Cap D'Antibes Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Expat New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young considered scratching Blind Raise from Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed McMahon’s Dairy McKenzie Stakes (1300m) at Sandown, but their decision to run paid off and put the Kiwi-bred gelding on target for bigger and better things.
The winter of 2026 has been a turning point in the career of New Zealand-bred filly Satono Jasmine, who stretched her winning sequence to four in the A$160,000 B & K Group Australia Handicap (1800m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday’s A$120,000 TAB Highway Plate (1800m) at Randwick was the second straight Highway victory for Leovanni, and the third consecutive win overall for the in-form mare.
Foxton horsewoman Suzy Gordon recorded her first stakes win as a trainer at New Plymouth on Saturday when she produced the quinella in the Listed Agfirst Engineering Opunake Cup (1400m) with Prioress and Turn The Ace.
Classy mare Coeur Volante continued her rich vein of form with a third straight victory at Caulfield on Saturday, heading a New Zealand-bred quinella for Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and JD Hayes in the A$150,000 Sportsbet Fixed Odds Exotics Handicap (1600m).
Trainers Ken and Bev Kelso look to have yet another high-class female on their hands with Legarto’s little sister Latoya making an impressive winning debut at Ruakaka on Saturday.
Here is the full list of 46 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Now in the ownership of Widden Stud and Bangaloe Stud, talented Kiwi bred mare Coeur Volante continued her late-career resurgence with a second consecutive win on Saturday, albeit not in the race her connections might have been hoping for.
Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
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