Orchestral heads to paddock after top campaign
By Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Orchestral has returned to New Zealand after a sensational campaign, which culminated in a bold effort for third in last Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Oaks...
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Orchestral out to continue Oaks legacy at Randwick
Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Orchestral will aim to follow in the footsteps of some of New Zealand’s greatest fillies when she contests Saturday’s A$1 million Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m)...
Favourite prevails in Breeders’ Stakes
By Kevin Robertson, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Fresh from an incredible interstate double in Australia last weekend with Orchestral and Mark Twain, the Roger James and Robert Wellwood stable picked up another...
Orchestral outstanding in Australian debut
A year after winning the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) with Prowess, Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood returned to Rosehill on Saturday and achieved a repeat result with...
Mark Twain rockets home in Roy Higgins
Emerging stayer Mark Twain capped a dream day for Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood when he won Saturday’s Listed Lexus Roy Higgins (2600m) at Flemington and secured himself...
Kingsclere favoured to go back-to-back in Vinery
By Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Cambridge’s Kingsclere Stables is in for a busy trans-Tasman weekend, headlined by their glamour filly Orchestral tackling the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill...
Orchestral to follow a successful stable path
Glamour filly Orchestral will defend an elite level title won by a former star stablemate when she makes her Australian debut later this month. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-prepared three-year-old...
Kingsclere seeking first Auckland Cup victory
By Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Fresh off Orchestral’s dazzling display in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie last Saturday, trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood will head back...
Extraordinary Orchestral makes Derby history for James
By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Roger James is now the most successful trainer in the history of the Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m), but even that enormous achievement was...