Trelawney celebrate successful season
The 2021-22 racing season provided Trelawney Stud with some standout performances. Brent and Cherry Taylor’s racing team focusses on quality rather than quantity and the...
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Two Illicit signs off in style at Te Rapa
If Saturday’s Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa is to be the last race for class mare Two Illicit then she has signed...
Te Rapa swansong for Two Illicit
Top quality performer Two Illicit will be chasing the perfect end to a stellar racing career when she steps out in Saturday’s Group 2 Travis...
Century for James and Wellwood
Having raised the bat for a century, Roger James and Robert Wellwood are looking to build their innings further in black type races in the...
Achieve looking to raise the bar in Oaks
Talented staying filly Achieve will be the sole runner for Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood this weekend when she contests the Group 1...
Good footing key to Derby hope Pinarello’s chances
Progressive 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...
Trainers hoping good times continue to roll
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...
James eyeing further Derby success
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....
Colgan eager to make up for lost Group One
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...
James keen for more of the same after spectacular Saturday
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...
Two Illicit caps magical day for James and Wellwood
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...
James and Wellwood to the fore at Te Rapa
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...
James and Wellwood to rely on girl power
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...
Trainers looking to add to stakes tally
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...
Two Illicit too good in Hastings feature sprint
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...
Cambridge pair set for feature Hastings sprint
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...
Mission accomplished for blueblood mare
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...
Two-state Australian focus for James and Wellwood
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...
Two Illicit to make Australian debut
Roger James is excited to be back on Australian soil for the first time in 18 months. The trans-Tasman travel bubble has allowed the Cambridge...
Top Kiwi mares ready for Queensland challenge
Class gallopers Jennifer Eccles and Two Illicit furthered their preparations for upcoming Queensland Winter Carnival assignments with separate exhibition gallops during the Te Rapa racemeeting...
Two Illicit makes pleasing return
Roger James couldn’t have been happier with the return to racing of high-quality mare Two Illicit at Te Rapa last Saturday. The issue now is...
Australian campaign on horizon for Concert Hall
Three of Australia’s feature middle distance races are on the cards for classy Cambridge mare Concert Hall this autumn. The six-year-old mare has been nominated...
Australian targets for Concert Hall
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...
London Banker primed for Feilding Gold Cup
Progressive Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained stayer London Banker is primed for the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup (2100m) at Awapuni on Saturday. The patiently-handled...
Hypnos takes Hastings sprint with gritty performance
Cambridge visitor Hypnos gained his second victory at stakes level the hard way when he held out the late charge of race favourite Rock On...