Concert Hall

James pair ready for summer staying assignments

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[...]

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

Group 1 performer Beauden will return to his favourite track in search of his first black-type win in Saturday’s Listed Japac Homes FastTrack $5k Marton Cup (2200m) at Awapuni. The Bullbars gelding has stepped up to stakes level this season and made a very good impression, finishing second in the Group 3 Eagle Technology Stakes[...]

Posted on December 23, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Robert Wellwood recorded his first black-type win as a trainer at Ellerslie on Boxing Day last year and he is hoping it will be a fruitful day once again at the Auckland track on Thursday. “It was a big thrill to do it on Boxing Day at headquarters,” he said. “It was a good day,[...]

Posted on December 21, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Visiting Cambridge mare Concert Hall was back to her brilliant best when she demolished her opposition in Saturday’s Group 3 Aberdeen On Broadway Manawatu Cup (2300m). The Joan Egan-bred and owned five-year-old had been slowly building to her peak form in recent starts which included an eye-catching run for fourth in the Group 3 Counties[...]

Posted on December 17, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

In-form Waikato jockey Ryan Elliot hopes to be celebrating his first taste of black-type success for the season when he has Christmas with his family in Levin. The highly talented 20-year-old wound up last season with a personal best tally of 60 wins, including six black-type wins, and, though he has made a flying start[...]

Posted on November 19, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Roger James and Robert Wellwood are looking to add to their fine recent strike rate this weekend, with horses to be engaged over three meetings, including a couple of stakes candidates at Pukekohe on Saturday. After a slow start to the local season with limited representation, the Cambridge trainers have come out firing this month[...]

Posted on September 6, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The burgeoning training partnership of Roger James and Robert Wellwood will give a pair of talented five-year-old mares their first hit-out of the season when they line-up in the Celebrating Melody Belle 1400 at Ellerlie on Saturday. It could be the start of an exciting spring for Group 1 performer Rondinella who is earmarked to[...]

Posted on August 18, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Roger James and Robert Wellwood stable will step out stable stars Rondinella and Concert Hall at the Taupo trials on Wednesday with James keen to get a line on their fitness levels as they get set to commence their spring campaigns. The Taupo club will run two open 1100m trials prior to their racemeeting[...]

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

Beauden back at Awapuni for Marton Cup

Young trainer vying for Boxing Day repeat

Concert Hall on song in Manawatu Cup

Elliot family wishing for black-type Christmas

Stable firing up with strong ammo

Kingsclere duo kick-off spring campaigns

Big guns on show at Taupo trials

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