Cheaperthandivorce

Wanted: Feilding Gold Cup jockey for Cheaperthandivorce

Posted on October 26, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Roger James would love to start Cheaperthandivorce in Saturday's Listed Mode Technology Feilding Gold Cup (2100m) at Awapuni, however, he has one major hurdle to overcome before being sure his mare makes the trip from Cambridge. “I need to find a jockey for (the) Feilding. Unfortunately, it's a big challenge,” he said. If Cheaperthandivorce makes[...]

Posted on September 14, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood are confident their promising filly Prowess can make a winning start to her spring preparation at Cambridge on Wednesday. The daughter of Proisir won on debut in her only two-year-old outing in April and will have her first hit-out of her three-year-old season on her home track[...]

Posted on April 12, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Having raised the bat for a century, New Zealand trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood are looking to build their innings further in black type races in the next two weeks. The Cambridge training partnership are aiming class mare Two Illicit at Saturday's Group 1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Te[...]

Posted on March 19, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented staying filly Achieve will be the sole runner for Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood this weekend when she contests the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on Saturday. The daughter of Pierro has won once from six starts but has been around the mark in all[...]

Posted on January 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood are well on their way toward their most successful season since forming a training partnership at the beginning of the 2018-19 term. Their top tally to date was 30 winners in that initial season and they are currently sitting on 20 with a best ever mark of six[...]

Posted on January 6, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A year ago, Roger James identified a Tavistock juvenile in his barn as the horse that might give him a sixth New Zealand Derby success. Looking at Pinarello's victory at Te Aroha on Monday, his judgment may not be too far off. Having his second start for James and his training partner Robert Wellwood following[...]

Posted on January 2, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A never say die effort from Dionysus and rider Opie Bosson saw them take out a fabulous victory in the Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship Final (2400m) at Ellerslie. After a gritty second placing over 2200m on Boxing Day in a qualifying event for the final, the four-year-old son of Ocean Park looked to be a[...]

Posted on January 2, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A recent injury prevented popular owner-breeder Joan Egan from attending the New Year's Day races at Ellerslie on Saturday, but her pride and joy Concert Hall gave her a timely boost with a masterful performance in the Group 3 Skycity City of Auckland Cup (2400m). The high-class daughter of Savabeel was backing up from the[...]

Posted on December 31, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Danielle Johnson has plenty of time for Gold Watch, her mount in Saturday's Group 2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie. The Waikato jockey had her first ride aboard the Cliff Goss-trained Swiss Ace gelding in the Geoff Brindley Memorial (1400m) at Te Aroha last month and couldn't have been any more impressed with the[...]

Posted on December 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Roger James had plenty of time to reflect on a truly magical 48-hour period as he made the long trip home to his Cambridge base from Palmerston North on Sunday morning. James and training partner Robert Wellwood were the stars of the show at Te Rapa on Saturday, producing a perfect set of stakes victories[...]

Posted on December 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood capped an already stellar day at Te Rapa on Saturday when Two Illicit strode clear of her rivals to claim the Group 1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m), the first elite-level success of her career. The Cambridge conditioners had earlier secured a stakes double with Concert Hall[...]

Posted on December 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Something about the start of summer brings the very best out of Concert Hall, who broke an 11-month win drought with a superb victory in Saturday's Group 2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. The NZD$110,000 fillies and mares' showpiece was the 10th win of a 29-start career for the high-class daughter of Savabeel,[...]

Posted on December 9, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It will be something of a ‘girls day out' for star members of the Roger James and Robert Wellwood stable on Saturday. The Cambridge training duo will produce mares in three Te Rapa features on Saturday and tackle the Group 3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Awapuni with a couple of emerging fillies. It will[...]

Posted on November 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Roger James and Robert Wellwood will be chasing a third black-type success for the season when Concert Hall takes aim at the Group 3 Balmerino Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Tuesday. The Cambridge trainers have already claimed major targets with Cheaperthandivorce and Two Illicit, who both carry the Trelawney Stud colours, and are confident[...]

Posted on October 28, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It was a memorable weekend for Trelawney Stud principals Brent and Cherry Taylor, with three of their racing team carrying their green, red, and gold silks to victory, including two at stakes level. Cheaperthandivorce was the first to secure a stakes scalp for the Waikato nursery over the weekend when she recorded a 1.75 length[...]

Posted on October 26, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Progressive galloper Pareanui Bay claimed the honours at Te Rapa on Monday when he overcame a torrid trip in transit to capture the Group 2 James And Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m). The Tony Pike-trained son of Lonhro had created a huge impression with a gritty win in maiden company on debut at the venue[...]

Posted on October 25, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Royally bred mare Cheaperthandivorce picked up the first stakes success of her burgeoning career when she finished powerfully in the home straight to claim the Group 3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) at Trentham on Sunday. The four-year-old daughter of super sire Savabeel and Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Boundless[...]

Wanted: Feilding Gold Cup jockey for Cheaperthandivorce

Promising filly looking to show her Prowess at Cambridge

Century for James and Wellwood

Achieve looking to raise the bar in New Zealand Oaks

Trainers hoping good times continue to roll

James eyeing further Derby success

Bosson masterclass lays path for Dionysus victory in Stayer’s final

Concert Hall delivers tonic for Egan

Johnson chases Ellerslie gold

James keen for more of the same after spectacular Saturday

Two Illicit caps magical day for James and Wellwood

James and Wellwood to the fore at Te Rapa

James and Wellwood to rely on girl power

Trainers looking to add to stakes tally

Red-letter weekend for Trelawney Stud

Pareanui Bay proves too tough in Te Rapa feature

First stakes success for royally bred mare

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