Rondinella

Kiwi mares flying the flag for leading nurseries

Posted on August 14, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Two of New Zealand’s leading thoroughbred nurseries will be keeping close tabs on Randwick on Saturday where trainer John O’Shea will kick-off the spring preparations of their talented mares. Group 1 performer Rondinella will carry the colours of co-breeders and part-owners Haunui Bloodstock in the Spring Preview Handicap (1400m). It will be her first raceday[...]

Posted on August 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After returning to the independent training ranks three years ago following his tenure at Godolphin, John O’Shea had to virtually start over. Rebuilding his stable from the ground up, patience was his best friend as he blooded a team of mostly young and inexperienced horses. But with 27 Sydney winners last season, almost triple his[...]

Posted on May 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic has forced a change in plan for high class racemare Rondinella who will commence her next campaign from the stable of Sydney-based trainer, John O’Shea. Raced by Cathy Franich and Haunui Bloodstock Ltd, the rising six-year-old has been prepared throughout her career by Cambridge conditioners Roger James and Robert[...]

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

Vinnie Colgan is happy not to have to make the call between the rides on Two Illicit and Dragon Leap going into the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday week. Colgan, the most successful rider in New Zealand Derby history, will continue his association with Two Illicit, but he got[...]

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

Under the watchful eye of a trainer dubbed the ‘Derby King’, up-and-comer Reggiewood has emerged as an exciting contender for the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on February 29. Roger James won his first Derby as the co-trainer of Tidal Light in 1986, then added four more in his own right[...]

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 November 7, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group 1 performer Rondinella will attempt to record her first stakes victory at Flemington on Saturday when she contests the Group 2 Matriarch Stakes (2000m). The Rogers James and Robert Wellwood-trained mare has been in good form in Melbourne this spring, finishing runner-up in the Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley and Group[...]

Posted on October 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer trainer Roger James has made the call to run Tancred Stakes placegetter Rondinella in a Group Three race against her own sex at Caulfield ahead of bigger assignments. James, who trains in partnership with Robert Wellwood, has chosen Wednesday’s Ladies Day Vase (1600m) over the Coongy Cup (2000m) also at Group level.[...]

Posted on September 29, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A slashing run for second in Friday’s Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) at The Valley was just what the doctor ordered for trainer Roger James and his quality mare Rondinella. James, who prepares the five-year-old Ocean Park mare at Cambridge with training partner Robert Wellwood, was keen to see just how his charge would handle[...]

Posted on September 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australasian Oaks winner Princess Jenni has shown her class with victory in the Group Two Stocks Stakes at The Valley. Having her second start as a four-year-old after a successful three-year-old season, $3.90 favourite Princess Jenni hit the line strongly in Friday night’s 1600m race for mares’ to score by three-quarters of a length. New[...]

Posted on September 24, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The connections of smart Cambridge mare Rondinella will get an early guide to her prospects of becoming a serious Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) contender when she makes her Melbourne debut at Moonee Valley on Friday night. A multiple Group 1 placegetter last campaign, Rondinella will contest the Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m), in which[...]

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 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

A barnstorming finish for third in the Group 3 Toy Show Quality (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday has forced the connections of talented New Zealand mare Xpression into a rethink about her future plans. The former Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) placegetter, who races as My Xpression in Australia, joined the Sydney stable[...]

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[...]

Posted on May 20, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It might be a quieter time on the racing front for Roger James and Robert Wellwood, but there’s plenty of interest for their Cambridge stable this week. The training partners have welcomed top mare Rondinella back into the stable, while their attention will focus on runners at Hastings on Wednesday with a few more destined[...]

Kiwi mares flying the flag for leading nurseries

Carnival Contenders Step Out For O’Shea

Rondinella transferred to leading Sydney trainer

Colgan full of praise for leading Derby hopes

Reggiewood a bright young talent for Derby King

Stable firing up with strong ammo

Matriarch distance ideal for Rondinella

NZ Mare Rondinella In Vase At Caulfield

James pleased with Rondinella’s Melbourne debut

Princess Jenni Wins Group 2 Stocks Stakes

Rondinella on Cox Plate path

Kingsclere duo kick-off spring campaigns

Plans up in the air for talented mare

Big guns on show at Taupo trials

Newcomer stepping out as star returns

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