The $2250 renowned Hawke’s Bay thoroughbred breeder Tom Lowry outlayed to buy an unbroken four-year-old mare 10 years ago is certainly proving to be a.
Racing: HB prodigy chalks up first Group 1 training success
31 Dec, 2020 07:58 PM
9 minutes to read
Hawkes Bay Today
By: John Jenkins
Hastings-born Robert Wellwood achieved a life-long dream at Ellerslie last Saturday when Concert Hall took out the Group 1 $200,000 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic.
The 26-year-old, in his third year of training in partnership with Roger James at Cambridge, was credited with his first victory at the elite level after several minor placings, , including a second with Concert Hall in the Captain Cook Stakes at Trentham on December 5.
The Savabeel 6-year-old came from a seemingly hopeless position when last on the home turn in last Saturday s 2000m feature, powering down the outside of the track to snatch a long-neck victory over Supera and In A Twinkling.