The Spaniard (2022) Horse

Foal Date

22-Sep-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Almanzor

Dam

Savette

Prize Money

3170

Owners

John, Sam, Anna & Frances Sargent, Angela & Richard Seton, Chris Hunter, Anton Leinert-Brown, Rob Bowden, Mark & Wayne Nicholls, Pete Stevenson, Richard Bush, Grant Forbes & Geoff Spong

About

The Spaniard is a 3yo bay gelding trained by R James & R Wellwood. He is by the stallion Almanzor out of the mare Savette. He remains an unbroken maiden after two attempts. In his most recent start at Ellerslie on 4 Apr 2026, he was ridden by Matthew Cameron and finished 10th, behind the winner Solid Gold.

Raced At

Ellerslie Te Aroha

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ellerslie 04-Apr-26 1600m SOFT 5 R5 2YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $450 (of $30,000) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 01:36.250, SP: 7.90 1st Solid Gold ( G Rooke 56 ) 2nd Modelo ( W Kennedy 58.5 ) 3.50L 3rd Letswishuponastar ( S Collett 56.5 ) 3.80L 10th The Spaniard ( M Cameron 58 ) 6.20L See full resultsM Cameron 58kg 6.20L10 (16)
Te Aroha 06-Mar-26 1600m SOFT 5 R6 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $3,330 (of $18,500) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:38.070, SP: 4.10 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th 1st Ballbeena ( C Berge 56.5 ) 2nd The Spaniard ( G Rooke 58 ) 0.20L 3rd Chaplin ( R T Elliot 58 ) 1.50L See full resultsG Rooke 58kg 0.20L2 (13)