Spellbound (2023) Horse

Foal Date

23-Aug-23
Sex
gelding

Colour

brown

Sire

Per Incanto

Dam

Xpression

Prize Money

56464

Owners

A & G MacLeod, S Agnew, B Allen, S Gordon, S Hawkins, P & S Hogg, L Cudby, G Crawshay, B & M McLuckie, R Fleetwood, D Skipper, Trevor Sargent Family Trust & B Tupaea

About

Spellbound is a 3yo brown gelding trained by R James & R Wellwood in Cambridge. He is by the stallion Per Incanto out of the dam Xpression. To date he has won two races. On 11 Oct 2026 at Arawa Park he secured his biggest victory, taking the $40,000 3yo Open Set Weight With Penalties. He has been a profitable runner for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 20% return on investment.

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Arawa Park 11-Oct-26 1215m SOFT 6 R1 3YO Open Set Weight With Penalties $18,518 (of $32,205) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:12.240, SP: 2.30 1st Spellbound ( C Berge 57 ) 2nd Sir Richie ( J Taplin 56 , Cd 54 ) 1.20L 3rd Delete Delete ( S Mcnab 56 , Cd 54.5 ) 2.10L See full results C Berge 57kg 1 (4)
Ellerslie 19-Sep-26 1200m SOFT 5 R1 3YO Mdn Set Weight $13,892 (of $24,161) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:11.480, SP: 6.10 In-running: Settled 3rd, 400m 3rd 1st Spellbound ( C Berge 57.5 ) 2nd Rossella ( T Wigram 55.5 , Cd 52.5 ) 0.40L 3rd Shore Breeze ( G Rooke 55.5 ) 1.20L See full results C Berge 57.5kg 1 (13)
Ellerslie 18-Apr-26 1200m SOFT 5 R3 LR 2YO Open Set Weight $1,231 (of $82,059) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:12.070, SP: 10.80 In-running: Settled 6th, 400m 2nd 1st Miss Janet ( M J Mcnab 55 ) 2nd Belle Rebelle ( M Hashizume 55 ) 1.80L 3rd So Fear ( C R Barnes 55 ) 2.10L 7th Spellbound ( G Rooke 57 ) 3.30L See full results G Rooke 57kg 3.30L 7 (10)
Ellerslie 01-Jan-26 1200m SOFT 6 R3 G2 2YO Open Set Weight $4,852 (of $194,098) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:12.660, SP: 13.80 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st 1st Kinnaird ( O P Bosson 57 ) 2nd Harvey Wallbanger ( M Cartwright 57 ) 1.00L 3rd Parfait Dimanche ( B Queiroz 55 ) 1.80L 5th Spellbound ( S Weatherley 57 ) 5.60L See full results S Weatherley 57kg 5.60L 5 (8)
Te Rapa 13-Dec-25 1100m GOOD 4 R2 2YO Open Set Weight With Penalties $2,832 (of $56,645) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:05.620, SP: 2.20 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd 1st Dashing Dixie ( M Hashizume 55 ) 2nd Sword Of Stars ( C J Grylls 55 ) 0.50L 3rd Zippidy ( J Doyle 55 ) 1.30L 4th Spellbound ( G Rooke 57 ) 3.30L See full results G Rooke 57kg 3.30L 4 (4)