Robert Wellwood

Good footing key to Derby hope Pinarello’s chances

Posted on February 5, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Progressive New Zealand three-year-old Pinarello has suffered a minor setback on his road to the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) and connections have their fingers crossed he will be firmly back on track after Saturday. The well-related son of Tavistock and Zabeel's Group-winning daughter Zonza missed a run last weekend and Plan B in[...]

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 24, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Top-class jockey Vinnie Colgan will be reunited with quality mare Two Illicit in the Group 1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Sunday and should the Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained five-year-old salute, no one would begrudge the veteran hoop success. Two Illicit enters the Ellerslie contest on the back of a devastating win in[...]

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 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[...]

Posted on October 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Noted fresh-up performer Two Illicit provided another example of her undoubted ability when she cruised to victory in the Group 3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at Hastings. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained five-year-old was having her first run since an unsuccessful two-race campaign in Queensland over winter and came into the race without[...]

Posted on October 11, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood will make a two-pronged attack on Saturday's Group 3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at Hastings, which is shaping as a strong contest. Classy mare Two Illicit will kick off her spring campaign in the event while last year's winner Hypnos will also be back to defend his[...]

Posted on October 3, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Despite providing trainer Chad Ormsby with some mid-race jitters, promising three-year-old colt Mana Nui delivered when it counted as he claimed victory in the Group 2 Dundeel At Arrowfield Hawke's Bay Guineas (1400m). The son of No Nay Never had cleared maiden ranks at his last start at Te Rapa but went into Saturday's Hastings[...]

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

A long-range plan set in place for royally bred Savabeel mare Zayydani came to fruition at Eagle Farm on Saturday when she strode to a comprehensive victory in the Listed Tattersall's Gold Crown (2137m). Bred and raced by New Zealand's Trelawney Stud couple Brent and Cherry Taylor, Zayydani is the daughter of Van Nistelrooy mare[...]

Posted on May 29, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Roger James and Robert Wellwood are set for a quiet Saturday on the home front with no runners in New Zealand, but the Cambridge trainers will have plenty on their plate on the other side of the Tasman. They are keeping a watchful eye on the evolving COVID-19 situation in Melbourne, where the in-form Hypnos[...]

Good footing key to Derby hope Pinarello’s chances

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

Colgan eager to make up for lost Group One

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

First stakes success for royally bred mare

Two Illicit too good in Hastings feature sprint

Cambridge pair set for feature Hastings sprint

Mana Nui impressive in Hawke’s Bay Guineas

Mission accomplished for blueblood mare

Two-state Australian focus for Kiwi trainers James and Wellwood

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