Mark Twain

Mark Twain claims golden ticket into Melbourne Cup

Posted on March 30, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Roger James & Robert Welwood have topped off their outstanding day with Mark Twain () earning a start in the 2024 Melbourne Cup after a barnstorming finish in the final 400m to claim victory in the Roy Higgins at Flemington. After finishing third in the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m), the son of Shocking made[...]

Posted on March 29, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Fresh off celebrating one of his biggest successes in his burgeoning training career, Robert Wellwood will head to Randwick on Saturday in a bid to snare more elite-level glory. The Cambridge horseman was home in New Zealand last Saturday when he watched in awe as stable pin-up Prowess comfortably dispatched of her opponents by 3.25[...]

Posted on March 9, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) is firmly in the crosshairs of Australian syndicator OTI Racing with their kiwi pair Full Of Sincerity and Mark Twain. The three-year-olds ran third and fourth respectively in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Te Rapa last Saturday and are now earmarked to cross the Tasman for[...]

Posted on February 14, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Roger James and Robert Wellwood have one confirmed Group 1 New Zealand Derby contender and will take their time before deciding if they double their hand. The Cambridge trainers have the progressive Mark Twain locked in for the March 4 three-year-old feature, but have yet to make a call on the immediate future of their[...]

Mark Twain claims golden ticket into Melbourne Cup

Mark Twain ready to write himself into history books

Australian Derby in the crosshairs of OTI Racing

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