ROGER JAMES RACING NEWS

A convincing win in the $35,000 Seafood Bazaar 1600 at Te Rapa this afternoon has booked Von Tunzelman a ticket to Australia’s most famous raceday..

A convincing win in the $35,000 Seafood Bazaar 1600 at Te Rapa this afternoon has booked Von Tunzelman a ticket to Australia’s most famous raceday..

An Australian campaign beckons Von Tunzelman if he shapes up well at Te Rapa on Friday..

Roger James is looking at Australian options for his stakes-winning stayer Von Tunzelman..

Roger James didn’t hesitate to split the credit for Hoof Hustler’s breakthrough maiden win in the Ssangyong 2100 at Pukekohe today..

Roger James picked up a couple of bonus wins over the weekend with the promise of more to come..

Roger James picked up a couple of bonus wins over the weekend with the promise of more to come..

Cambridge trainer Roger James had plenty to smile about after almost making a clean sweep of the finish of the NRM 1600 at Pukekohe yesterday..

Roger James is confident that Killarney can make his mark in top company over the next couple of seasons..

The faith of Cambridge trainer Roger James in Terrifique was rewarded at Ellerslie last Saturday..

Zabeel’s son Von Tunzelman may make one more appearance before his season is done..

Roger James is banking on a gear addition to give Monrecour an edge when she attempts to add another winning strike to her record at Wednesday’s Counties meeting..

Progressive four-year-old Von Tunzelman will be taking a step into the unknown at Ellerslie on Thursday..

The in-form Von Tunzelman is likely to be a starter in the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes next weekend..

Patience is beginning to be rewarded for the connections of rising star Von Tunzelman, who scored his first stakes win in this afternoon’s Listed Marks Ewen & Associates Kaimai Stakes at Matamata..

Supporters of the well favoured Romantic Maid were breathing a sigh of relief as the promising mare finally secured a deserved victory when taking out The Edge 97.8FM sponsored rating 85 mile at Te Rapa on Saturday..

Killarney returned to the form that had his trainer, Roger James label him 'the real deal' with a devastating finish to take out the last on the card, the $22,500 Happy 50th Weddding Anniversary Frank & Colleen Ritchie from Shaune, Ali, Craig, Kate (Rating 75) over 1200 metres on Saturday..

Smart mare Romantic Maid just needs a change in her racing fortunes to further her record..

Roger James is favouring Ellerslie as the venue for the next appearance of his smart debut winner Monrecour..

Roger James was cursing his luck after the first race at Tauranga today, but all smiles after his luck changed with a most impressive win by Von Tunzelman in the fifth event..

Monrecour began her career in perfect style at Tauranga on Monday for trainer Roger James..

Von Tunzelman displayed why trainer Roger James has a high opinion of the gelding, with a brave performance taking out the $7,000 Monovale Sand (Rating 65) over 1600 metres on Sunday..

Killarney once again showed why trainer Roger James rates him so highly when he passed his first Ellerslie test last Saturday..

Killarney showed at Te Rapa today why his trainer, Roger James, has made no secret of the high regard in which he is held..

Punters would be well-advised to be taking notes on Roger James’ runners at Te Rapa on Wednesday..

High-profile New Zealand breeder-owner Kevin Hickman has welcomed valuable additions to his bloodstock portfolio on both sides of the world..

With the new racing season set to commence champion trainer Roger James is happy to exercise patience with some proven performers in his team, favouring long-term goals in Australia over earlier local spring spoils..

Cambridge trainer Roger James produced an eye-catching maiden winner at Hawke’s Bay on Thursday when Misty Music overcame a chequered passage to land the Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour in HB 23 July 1650.

Cambridge trainer Roger James has no idea how Romantic Maid might handle a wet track for Saturday's Gr.1 Queensland Oaks but can list few other negatives for the progressive High Chaparral filly..

Group Two Championship Stakes winner The Hassler has been sold and will do
his future racing in Hong Kong..

Roger James was delighted to see his High Chaparral filly Romantic Maid deliver in a three-year-old
event over 2000 metres at Randwick today.

Roger James is covering two bases in an attempt to qualify Romantic Maid for the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm on June 4..

Roger James isn't done with his hunt for Classic success for the season..

A disastrous trip to Ellerslie has resulted in Roger James sending Romantic Maid to Australia earlier than anticipated..

It was no surprise that Roger James had to watch a replay of the Gr.2 Valachi Downs Championship Stakes at Ellerslie on Saturday to appreciate the winning performance of The Hassler..

A Roger James-trained runner was confidently predicted to take out the main race at Pukekohe today and the Cambridge conditioner duly obliged, but it wasn’t with the punters' elect..

Track conditions will determine where the unbeaten filly Romantic Maid steps out this weekend..

Romantic Maid has quickly turned her racing fortunes around, so much so that trainer Roger James believes she is capable of making her mark at Group One level in Australia during her first preparation..

New Zealand Derby contender The Hassler is peaking at the right time..

Former New Zealander Judi Wanless may have had her next star performer uncovered at Avondale yesterday..

Roger James will know within the next few days whether or not he is still in with a live chance of staging a two-pronged attack on the Gr. 1 Wellfield NZ Oaks at Trentham next month..

Aidan Rodley chats to Roger James about Cool Tart who's heading to Te Rapa

Cambridge trainer Roger James took three of his NZ Oaks hopefuls to Te Teko yesterday and watched one of those fillies put her hand up for the Trentham classic..

Cambridge trainer Roger James was giving the international buyers a run for their money at Karaka..

Fastnet Rock youngster Sure Enough was among the winners at Rotorua on Friday for Cambridge trainer Roger James..

Stablemates Cool Tart and Downton Abbey are both expected to be suited by the step up to 2000 metres in Friday’s Gr.2 Mongolian Khan Royal Stakes.

Roger James’ frustrations continue with his Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile contender Tavy, who will start from the outside gate at Ellerslie on Friday..

Mark down Zaviera as an exciting staying prospect for Cambridge trainer Roger James and Karaka owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay..

The Roger James trained Jessabeel made a real impression winning first up over 1400m at Matamata today..

Waikato Cup Day could see Roger James maintain his seasonal strike rate in black-type races..

Cool Tart will become a valuable broodmare prospect if she can win the Gr. 3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes at Awapuni tomorrow..

Everyone loves winning races, but Cambridge trainer Roger James got an extra special thrill from Volts win at Ellerslie last Saturday..

Tavy was a class above her Rating 85 rivals at Avondale today, coming from the back and blowing them away by four lengths in the HR Fisken & Sons 1400..

Roger James is going for quality over quantity this weekend..

The new season starts for Roger James this weekend..

The wild weather of the last few days means supporters of Roger James' Cambridge stable need to take a leaf out of the trainer's book and employ patience..

An exhibition gallop between races at Matamata yesterday has Cambridge mares The Tidy Express and Tavy on target for important spring and summer engagements..

Multiple Group One winner Silent Achiever has left for Europe where she will be courted by the stars of the international stallion world..

Sam Spratt will continue her unbeaten association with Shees Flawless in Queensland on Monday..

Star Cambridge mare Silent Achiever has joined the list of this season's high-profile retirees..

Roger James’ confidence in Silent Achiever has been boosted this week as he prepares the top mare for what could be her farewell performance on Saturday..

Concerns for Silent Achiever's well-being have abated but Cambridge trainer Roger James has yet to finalise racing plans for the multiple Group One-winning mare..

Deceptive filly Shees Flawless gave Sam Spratt a high speed thrill at Te Rapa that turned back the clock to the jockey’s glory days as the regular partner of a dual New Zealand Horse of the Year..

Cambridge trainer Roger James has reservations ahead of star mare Silent Achiever's first run in Queensland this weekend, but he still expects her to fight out the finish..

Silent Achiever passed her trackwork test last Saturday morning and is in Brisbane being prepared for the Group II A$358,000 AD Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast this weekend..

A satisfactory work-out from Silent Achiever tomorrow morning will see her depart for a possible final campaign in Australia..

NZTM interview with trainer Roger James

A European campaign for the Group One-winning mare Silent Achiever is now unlikely..

Prominent thoroughbred breeder and owner Peter Walker has been associated with any number of top gallopers during his many years in thoroughbred racing so when he says he has a filly that “really excites him” it pays to take notice..

Roger James likens Silent Achiever’s condition to her build-up before last year’s third in the Gr. 1 Cox Plate as she prepares for a world-class assignment at Rosehill on Saturday..

Roger James believes a return to Rosehill and a middle distance can serve to bring out the best in Silent Achiever in Saturday’s $A500,000 Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes..

Silent Acheiver is on track for a defence of her Gr. 1 Ranvet Stakes title following her strong run in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Warwick Farm last Saturday..

Roger James knew it was time for action when the catalogues arrived for the National Yearling Sale series but he had no buying orders..

Cambridge trainer Roger James switched his sights from the glamour of Sydney racing to a minor meeting at Avondale today, but left the track in a similar happy mood..

Roger James returned to his Cambridge stable last night well satisfied that Silent Achiever is poised for another big Sydney autumn campaign..

Cambridge trainer Roger James left Tauranga racecourse today with a spring in his step after a win and a pleasing exhibition gallop..

Roger James will initially train a Road To Rock filly for Newmarket-based trainer Luca Cumani..

The Kevin Hickman-owned O'Reilly mare, Silent Achiever, is in the early stages of her final Australasian campaign..

This time last year his connections were dreaming of a prestigious 2400-metre feature at Ellerslie in March, but it was only today that Delago’s Secret truly came of age with a determined victory over the same course and distance in the Gr. 3 Scot Thrust City of Auckland Cup..

Roger James is expecting more of the same from Tavy when she tackles what he is describing as a pivotal race in Friday's Gr. 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic at Ellerslie..

Cambridge-trained filly Tavy capped off a successful few days for Henrietta, the Duchess of Bedford, when taking the climb from a maiden win to a stakes victory at Ellerslie yesterday..

Cambridge trainer Roger James has predicted a bright future for the richly-bred filly Tavy..

Cambridge trainer Roger James is looking to Australia in the future with his capable staying mare The Tidy Express..

Kevin Hickman has forfeited one dream to pursue another with his classy galloper Silent Achiever..

Roger James’ job is all but done with Silent Achiever ahead of the $A3 million Gr.1 Cox Plate..

A trip to Riccarton has been ruled out for the promising three-year-old The Austrian Oak..

Promising stayer Delago’s Secret got his four-year-old season off to the best possible start with a convincing victory over 1600 metres at Matamata yesterday..

The decision to change the rider on Silent Achiever has come as no surprise, but her Cambridge trainer Roger James has sprung one surprise..

While Roger James is in Australia with stable star Silent Achiever, his stable foreperson Leanne Bertling has had her hands full, no more so than last night at the Cambridge Jockey Club Awards function at The Clubhouse in Cambridge..

The confidence exuded by Cambridge trainer Roger James proved totally justified at Ellerslie today when his smart filly Avisto completed a hat trick of stakes wins..

Cambridge trainer Roger James has four runners at Taupo on Friday, with most interest focused on debutant colts The Austrian Oak and Mongolian Hero in the Annie Higgins 1200..

Roger James will shoot for a trans-Tasman Group One double this weekend..

Cambridge trainer Roger James has expressed surprise at the weight top mare Silent Achiever has to carry in the Melbourne Cup..

Star mare Silent Achiever paired up with a familiar companion when she completed her last piece of serious work ahead of Saturday’s $A400,000 Gr.1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield..

Tavistock filly Avisto made it two stakes wins in a row today, taking out the Listed O’Leary’s Fillies’ Stales at Wanganui in her first start for new trainer Roger James..

Star racemare Silent Achiever is on schedule to cross the Tasman on Wednesday and kick off her Melbourne campaign in Saturday’s Gr. 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield..

The deeds of brilliant racemare Silent Achiever were recognised at the 2014 New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Awards last Friday, with the Roger James-trained mare voted as Champion Stayer of the Year..