Orchestral on song for NZ Derby
By Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Winning a Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) is nothing new for Roger James, with the Cambridge trainer looking to extend his tally in the Classic...
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Mark Twain out to strengthen trainers’ carnival claims
By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Roger James and Robert Wellwood already have the $1.40 favourite for the Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m), and a trip to Otaki this weekend...
Orchestral a class above in Avondale Guineas
By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Three weeks after announcing her arrival among the season’s elite three-year-olds in breathtaking style on Karaka Millions night, Orchestral treated Ellerslie to an encore in...
Orchestral returning to happy hunting ground
By LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Roger James and Robert Wellwood are still in awe of what Orchestral produced when winning last month’s $1.5 million TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie, and...
Fillies’ Classic step-up awaiting Sudbina
By Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Kingsclere Stables couldn’t have won last year’s Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) more convincingly with Prowess, and have a chance to...
Cambridge trainers chasing another 3YO feature
By Paul Vettise, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk The good times are rolling for Roger James and Robert Wellwood and further feature race success beckons the duo at Te Rapa on Wednesday. Fresh off...
Kingsclere go back-to-back in Karaka Millions 3YO
By Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Roger James and James McDonald teamed up to win the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie in 2012 with Silent Achiever, and the pair...
JMac booked to ride Orchestral
By LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Leading Sydney hoop James McDonald has been ticking up the air miles of late and will add some more to his tally when he heads home to...
James and Wellwood go one better in Desert Gold
By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Roger James and Robert Wellwood turned their Wellington Cup Carnival fortunes around with an impressive victory by Sudbina in the Gr.3 New Zealand Bloodstock Desert...