Record Priced Proisir Wins at Cambridge

Media Release - Wednesday September 14

The Roger James and Robert Wellwood trained three-year-old Prowess made a winning start to her classic campaign when running out an impressive winner of the Cambridge Equine Hospital (1300m) on Wednesday.

The daughter of Proisir won on debut in her only two-year-old outing back in April and on the strength of a strong polytrack trial win was sent out a $1.30 favourite and duly delivered for punters.

The quality filly was ridden by Vinnie Colgan, who replaced Ryan Elliot, and after settling midfield behind a strong tempo showed her class when produced in the straight to score by three-quarters of a length from older stablemate Deep Beauty.

“Vinnie was pretty impressed. He helped her out of the gates and then he said from there he grabbed hold. She was very tractable and was push button, but he was a bit worried our old boy Deep Beauty had him in a pocket for a moment. But once he got clear air and shook the reins at her he said she found the bridle and gave him a pretty nice feel,” Wellwood said.

Nominated for both the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai 50th New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm 50th New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), Prowess is $4.50 second favourite for the latter.

“We will see how she pulls up and determine where we head next. There are plenty of options but the end goal is certainly one of the Guineas races at Riccarton,” Wellwood said.

“She is nominated for both Guineas and obviously most of the time you stick to your sex but we will keep it up in the air and assess the whole picture and the 2000 Guineas is worth a bit more money.

Advertisement

The Cambridge horseman said having access to the polytrack was important to get the filly’s campaign underway.

“Previously we would have had no choice but to start her on an extremely heavy track and perhaps flattened her. She is certainly one of our best three-year-olds and it is just nice for her to be able to come here,” he said.

“Even driving to the races with the rain tumbling down, we were ensured we were able to get good footing and she will come through the run unscathed with hopefully not a lot taken out of her.  It would have been the opposite on a heavy track, which unfortunately this spring has given us.”

Prowess is the most expensive yearling sired by Proisir.

James and Wellwood went to $230,000 to purchase the filly out of Hallmark Stud’s 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft and Wellwood is confident the loose-moving filly will be seen to good effect over ground.

“Attitude is going to take her a long way, she is very tractable and we have seen other Proisirs that have stretched out over ground as well,” he said.

“She is a big scopey filly that is only half the horse of what she is going to be as a four and five-year-old.”

Advertisment

Race Result - Cambridge Equine Hospital-Bm65 1300m

Cambridge Track: Synthetic Time: 1:16.23
1
Prowess
- 3f Proisir (AUS) x Donna Marie (NZ) (Don Eduardo (NZ))
Tnr: R James & R Wellwood Rdr: V A Colgan 55
NZB Karaka Book 1 $1,600,000
Seller: Hallmark Stud
Buyer: Moody Racing
2
1.5
Deep Beauty
- 6g Deep Field (AUS) x Forest Beauty (AUS) (Thorn Park (AUS))
Tnr: R James & R Wellwood Rdr: K L Hannan 56
3
2.3
Mr Rainbow
- 6g Power (GB) x Sophie's Secret (NZ) (Faltaat (USA))
Tnr: M A Da Cruz Rdr: Tayla Mitchell 54
4
2.4
Mini Mystic
- 6m He's Remarkable (NZ) x Nine Gems (NZ) (Royal Gem (USA))
Tnr: S T Wenn Rdr: A C Goindasamy 54
5
2.5
Felix Faure
- 8g Pins (AUS) x Dawning (NZ) (Danasinga (AUS))
Tnr: G J Lord Rdr: E A Bragg 55.5
6
3.0
Rockbank
- 5g Delago Deluxe (AUS) x Flying Lamborgini (AUS) (Bernardini (USA))
Tnr: B J Harvey Rdr: T D Thornton 59.5
7
3.8
Mighty Connor
- 7g Sebring (AUS) x Kallisan (NZ) (Stratum (AUS))
Tnr: Jacob McKay Rdr: C J Grylls 59.5
8
3.9
Endean Bay
- 6m Keeper (AUS) x Evenaduchess (NZ) (Bachelor Duke (USA))
Tnr: S Wright Rdr: D J Danis 54.5
9
4.0
Wolfgang
- 4g Puccini (NZ) x Navy Beach (NZ) (Darci Brahma (NZ))
Tnr: Peter & Shaun McKay Rdr: S M Mc Kay 58.5
10
4.3
Mini Miner
- 5m Jimmy Choux (NZ) x Goldminer (NZ) (Gold Mine (USA))
Tnr: S Ritchie & C Murray Rdr: E H Nicholas 55
More Reading...
Resolute Racing Purchase Top Lot Goffs Orby Day 1
The Goffs Orby Yearling Sale kicked off overnight and the top lot on Day 1 was a colt by Blue Point purchased by John Stewart’s Resolute Bloodstock for €675,000, while Wootton Bassett produced the top selling filly, whose half-brother Trinity College is now in Australia.
Jenni The Pride of Trelawney
Comeback mare Pride Of Jenni has given Trelawney Stud a number of reasons to look forward to the spring after a dashing victory in the Gr.2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) on Friday night.
Sires With Winners - Saturday September 27
Here is the full list of 106 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
New Stakes-Winner for Star Aussie Mare Sea Siren
Aussie bred Fastnet Rock mare Sea Siren has certainly made her mark both on the racetrack where she was a triple Group I winner and at stud with her produce record is headed by triple Group I winner Warm Heart and over the weekend she produced another stakes-winner and he won the richest race in Poland.
Kiwi Stayer Chasing Melbourne Cup Golden Ticket
Wolfgang, who races as Mister Wolfgang in Australia, will get his first opportunity to earn a golden ticket into the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) when he heads to Flemington on Saturday.
Evaporate Caps Off Great Week for Per Incanto
Evaporate crowned a stellar period for his sire across the Tasman when he produced a gallant performance to land the thick end of the stake in Saturday’s Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m).
Magic Carpet Writes New Chapter for Family
Jenna McLeod got a massive thrill when watching the latest generation of her family’s breed score at stakes level at Te Rapa on Saturday.
Petrol in the Tank – Why Buying Mares from Godolphin is a Good Idea
From the point of view of the bloodstock world, Beiwacht was the most significant winner from last weekend with his Group I Golden Rose victory propelling his sire Bivouac to the top of the second season sires list, but it wasn’t just Godolphin cheering him home with a number of other Aussie breeders now invested in his family.
Sires With Winners - Monday September 29
Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Pedigree Watch – G1 European 2YO
Juveniles took centre stage overnight in the UK and Ireland with a pair of Group I races decided at Newmarket in the Middle Park Stakes (6f) for the colts and Cheveley Park Stakes (6f) for the fillies, while at The Curragh a field of 30 lined up in the Goffs Million, the richest 2YO race in Europe.