Roger James (horse trainer)

Roger James
Personal information
Born
New Zealand
OccupationRacehorse trainer
Horse racing career
SportHorse racing
Significant horses
Concert Hall, Foxwood, Hades, Pinarello, Roysyn, Silent Achiever, Tidal Light, Two Illicit, Zonda

Roger James is a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is notable for having trained seven New Zealand Derby winners, which is more than any other trainer in New Zealand and for having won many Group One races in New Zealand and Australia.

He has trained in excess of 1,200 winners.

Roger James has trained on his own account but also in partnership with:

  • Jim Gibbs
  • Lance Noble
  • Paul Mirabelli
  • Ron Taylor
  • Robert Wellwood