Concert Hall

Australian targets for Concert Hall

Posted on January 6, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood are still coming down from the high of winning the Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) with Concert Hall at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, and they are now looking at international targets with the mare. The daughter of Savabeel has been in faultless form this season, winning three of[...]

Posted on December 31, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Owner Joan Egan is having a week to remember. On Boxing Day she won the Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie with Concert Hall, and on Wednesday the Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained Beauden won the Taupo Cup (2000m) emphatically in front of a bumper crowd. The son of Bullbars began well from barrier six[...]

Posted on December 28, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

While his training partner is an old hand when it comes to producing winners at the elite level, Robert Wellwood was an uncapped novice until just after 5pm at Ellerslie on Saturday. In front of a massive crowd, Savabeel six-year-old Concert Hall dashed home out wide to take out the Group 1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel[...]

Posted on December 27, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Versatile mare Concert Hall bagged the Group 1 victory she richly deserved when she stormed home out wide to snatch victory in the Group 1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie. Prepared for owner and breeder Joan Egan by Roger James and Robert Wellwood, Concert Hall had looked a Group 1 winner in waiting[...]

Posted on December 25, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Robert Wellwood is hoping his best Christmas present can be unwrapped at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. Wellwood, who trains in partnership with Roger James, has yet to win a Group 1 race but is hoping that can be remedied when Savabeel six-year-old mare Concert Hall tackles Saturday’s Group 1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic[...]

Posted on December 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Happy versus Grumpy. Not a clash between two of the seven dwarves but a snapshot of trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood’s two contestants for Saturday’s Group 1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham. Happy is the personality-plus last-start Group 2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) winner Hypnos. Grumpy is last-start Group 2 Tauranga[...]

Posted on November 17, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Robert Wellwood is one of the bright young stars of the New Zealand training ranks and the hands-on horseman has already proved adept at a number of roles in the thoroughbred industry. But on Monday Wellwood ticked another industry box, filling the void as the commentator at the Taupo trials, after a rostering[...]

Posted on November 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Six months after undergoing surgery to correct a painful issue with his neck, jockey Vinnie Colgan is back and firing on all cylinders. Established as one of New Zealand’s leading riders in a career that spans three decades, Colgan was close to giving the game away at the start of the year as he battled[...]

Posted on November 15, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Roger James and Robert Wellwood stable capped off a superb week when classy mare Concert Hall captured the Group 2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) at Tauranga on Saturday. The Cambridge stable picked up the Group 2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton on Wednesday with Hypnos and made it a Group 2 double in[...]

Posted on October 26, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It may have taken nearly all of the Trentham straight to get her head in front but class performer Concert Hall delivered when it counted as she took out the Group 3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) on Sunday. Sent out a warm favourite after producing a storming finish for second at[...]

Posted on September 28, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge conditioner Roger James got what he was looking for at Ellerslie on Saturday when progressive stayers Concert Hall and London Banker performed with distinction in their first-up assignments. Group 3 Manawatu Cup (2300m) winner Concert Hall stormed home late to push eventual winner Dawn Patrol close in an open 1400m event while lightly raced[...]

Posted on September 10, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A trip to Taupo to bring on the fitness of talented mares Two Illicit and Concert Hall has received a hearty tick of approval from Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood. The Kingsclere training partnership couldn’t have been happier with the gallop, or the hospitality, with the pair provided with “delicious” scones, topped with[...]

Posted on August 19, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Injured Waikato jockey Ryan Elliot is determined to be leaner and keener to make the most of his future on the flat as the new season unfolds. Elliot, who served his successful apprenticeship under Graeme Rogerson, is currently sidelined with a broken collarbone after being tossed from Ave Maria at the first fence in the[...]

Posted on August 13, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Kingsclere Stables’ Two Illicit and Sherrif trialled over 1100m at Taupo on Wednesday and co-trainer Robert Wellwood was happy enough with what he saw. Group 3 winner Sherrif finished third in his heat behind Catalyst and Aretha, while Group 1 performer Two Illicit ran fifth in her heat behind multiple Group 1 winner Avantage. “I[...]

Posted on August 10, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The two open class trials to be held before the Taupo racemeeting on Wednesday will see a host of New Zealand’s top galloping talent step out for their first serious hit out, including a high-class trio from the Roger James and Robert Wellwood stable. The Cambridge conditioners will line up dual Group 3 winner Concert[...]

Posted on February 12, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Things may not have gone Concert Hall’s way in the Group 3 City Of Auckland Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie last start, but her connections are hopeful she can bring home another cup from the Auckland track on Saturday. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained five-year-old will contest the Group 2 Joe McDonald Avondale Cup (2400m)[...]

Posted on February 7, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group 1 winners Bostonian and Melody Belle showed they are on track for their upcoming Australian campaigns with forward showings in a special 1050m trial at Tauranga on Thursday. With the abandonment of the Taupo trials on Tuesday due to firm conditions, two open class heats were scheduled before the Tauranga racemeeting got underway. The[...]

Australian targets for Concert Hall

Stakes target for Beauden

Wellwood still coming to terms with first Group 1

Concert Hall gets maiden Group 1 success

Concert Hall primed for Zabeel Classic

James in good spirits ahead of Captain Cook Stakes

Versatile Wellwood answers the call

Winning Tauranga treble for revitalised Colgan

Concert Hall caps superb week for Cambridge pair

Concert Hall all class at Trentham

James pair ready for summer staying assignments

Star Kingsclere mares kick-off spring campaigns

Sidelined Elliot focused on flat future

Hastings targets for Kingsclere duo

James pleased with class trio

Mare at concert pitch for Avondale Cup

Class gallopers to the fore at Tauranga trials

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