The Spaniard (2022) Horse

Foal Date

22-Sep-22

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Almanzor

Dam

Savette

Prize Money

9852

Trainer

R James & R Wellwood

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 4yo bay gelding (male) trained by R James & R Wellwood in Cambridge. He is by the stallion Almanzor out of Savette. He has not yet broken his maiden, failing to win in six starts. In his latest start at Te Aroha on 21 Oct 2026, he was ridden by George Rooke and finished fourth behind the winner Taco.

Raced At

Te Aroha • Te Rapa • Ellerslie

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Te Aroha 21-Oct-26 1600m SOFT 5 R2 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $752 (of $15,033) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:40.750, SP: 2.50 1st Taco ( M Hashizume 58.5 ) 2nd Papparazzi ( J Doyle 58.5 ) 0.50L 3rd Dee Mack ( M Cartwright 56 ) 3.00L 4th The Spaniard ( G Rooke 58.5 ) 3.30L See full results	G Rooke 58.5kg 3.30L	4 (10)
Te Rapa 24-May-26 2200m SOFT 5 R3 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $279 (of $13,933) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:20.180, SP: 3.40 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 4th 1st Moretothinkabout ( W B Kennedy 58.5 ) 2nd Denver ( W F Pinn 58.5 ) 0.10L 3rd I'M Quinn ( M J Mcnab 58.5 ) 1.40L 6th The Spaniard ( M Hashizume 58.5 ) 1.90L See full results	M Hashizume 58.5kg 1.90L	6 (11)
Ellerslie 06-May-26 2100m SOFT 5 R3 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $1,845 (of $20,501) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:12.850, SP: 2.40 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th 1st Silver Patch ( M J Mcnab 58.5 ) 2nd Moretothinkabout ( W B Kennedy 58.5 ) 0.20L 3rd The Spaniard ( G Rooke 58.5 ) 0.80L See full results	G Rooke 58.5kg 0.80L	3 (11)
Ellerslie 27-Apr-26 1600m SOFT 5 R5 Restricted 60 Hcp $3,806 (of $20,576) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:37.630, SP: 4.10 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 9th 1st Free Bird ( M J Mcnab 58 ) 2nd The Spaniard ( G Rooke 55 ) 0.90L 3rd Del Inquent ( S T Collett 57.5 ) 1.10L See full results	G Rooke 55kg 0.90L	2 (15)
Ellerslie 04-Apr-26 1600m SOFT 5 R5 2YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $372 (of $24,793) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 01:36.250, SP: 7.90 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd 1st Solid Gold ( G Rooke 56 ) 2nd Modelo ( W B Kennedy 58.5 ) 3.50L 3rd Letswishuponastar ( S T Collett 56.5 ) 3.80L 10th The Spaniard ( M Cameron 58 ) 6.20L See full results	M Cameron 58kg 6.20L	10 (16)