No data found

R James & R Wellwood Trainer

R James & R Wellwood Profile

R James & R Wellwood is a horse trainer based in Cambridge. R James & R Wellwood has a win strike rate of 15% and a career ROI of -24.

R James & R Wellwood Last 12 Months Racing Form

R James & R Wellwood last 12 months's career form is 181 Starts, 33 wins, 25 seconds, 19 thirds.

R James & R Wellwood has average win odds of 5 and an ROI of -12% over the last 12 months.

R James & R Wellwood Current Season Racing Form

R James & R Wellwood current season form is 158 Starts, 30 wins, 22 seconds, 19 thirds.

R James & R Wellwood has average win odds of 4.86 and an ROI of -8% over the current season.

R James & R Wellwood's overall Stats: Trainer Racing History

	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Win %	Place %	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Last 12 Months	181	33	25	19	18%	43%	4.81	-12
Current Season	158	30	22	19	19%	45%	4.86	-8

R James & R Wellwood's Results: Trainer Racing History

Here is a list of tracks where R James & R Wellwood has raced in the past 12 months and the current season. The list shows performance by R James & R Wellwood across all tracks.

Past 12 months

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Arawa Park	14	-	1	1	-	14%	$7.70	-100%
Avondale	4	-	-	-	-	-	$16.30	-100%
Awapuni	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.70	-100%
Awapuni Synthetic	3	2	-	-	67%	67%	$2.30	53%
Cambridge	10	1	-	1	10%	20%	$2.10	-79%
Caulfield	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Eagle Farm	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$6.50	550%
Ellerslie	50	9	11	6	18%	52%	$5.13	-8%
Flemington	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$9.50	375%
Gold Coast	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Hastings	5	1	1	-	20%	40%	$2.70	-46%
Hawera	7	-	2	-	-	29%	$5.60	-100%
Matamata	11	1	2	-	9%	27%	$3.50	-68%
Moonee Valley	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$4.80	380%
New Plymouth Raceway	4	1	1	-	25%	50%	$4.10	3%
Newcastle	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Otaki	3	1	1	1	33%	100%	$2.10	-30%
Pukekohe Park	18	7	1	-	39%	44%	$5.51	114%
Randwick	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Riccarton Park	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.10	-100%
Rosehill	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$1.60	-20%
Ruakaka	9	1	-	-	11%	11%	$3.10	-66%
Sandown-Hillside	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Sandown-Lakeside	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Stratford	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Tauherenikau	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$1.60	60%
Taupo	8	-	2	1	-	38%	$3.10	-100%
Tauranga	14	4	1	1	29%	43%	$3.38	-4%
Te Aroha	13	3	2	2	23%	54%	$4.17	-4%
Te Awamutu	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Te Rapa	27	4	3	6	15%	48%	$6.75	-
Te Teko	3	1	-	-	33%	33%	$2.80	-7%
Trentham	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$3.50	-100%
Waipukurau	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$8.50	750%
Wanganui	1	-	-	-	-	-	$1.50	-100%
Waverley	5	1	-	2	20%	60%	$7.60	52%
Woodville	4	1	-	1	25%	50%	$5.60	40%

This season

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Arawa Park	4	-	1	-	-	25%	$4.95	-100%
Avondale	3	-	-	-	-	-	$9.20	-100%
Awapuni	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.70	-100%
Awapuni Synthetic	1	-	-	-	-	-	$2.30	-100%
Cambridge	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$2.10	-100%
Caulfield	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ellerslie	50	9	11	6	18%	52%	$5.13	-8%
Flemington	1	-	-	-	-	-	$9.50	-100%
Hastings	1	-	-	-	-	-	$6.58	-100%
Matamata	11	1	2	-	9%	27%	$3.50	-68%
Moonee Valley	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$4.80	380%
New Plymouth Raceway	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.10	-100%
Newcastle	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Otaki	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.10	110%
Pukekohe Park	16	7	1	-	44%	50%	$5.51	141%
Randwick	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Rosehill	1	-	-	-	-	-	$1.60	-100%
Ruakaka	3	1	-	-	33%	33%	$3.10	3%
Sandown-Hillside	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Sandown-Lakeside	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Stratford	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Taupo	5	-	1	1	-	40%	$3.67	-100%
Tauranga	13	4	1	1	31%	46%	$3.38	4%
Te Aroha	13	3	2	2	23%	54%	$4.17	-4%
Te Awamutu	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Te Rapa	24	3	2	6	13%	46%	$6.23	-22%
Te Teko	3	1	-	-	33%	33%	$2.80	-7%
Trentham	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$3.75	-100%
Waipukurau	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$8.50	750%
Waverley	5	1	-	2	20%	60%	$7.60	52%
Woodville	4	1	-	1	25%	50%	$5.60	40%

Here is a list of the top jockeys who have ridden for R James & R Wellwood along with their stats over the last 12 months and the current season.

Past 12 months

Jockey	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
M T Coleman	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.40	140%
J W Nason	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C E Lammas	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.70	-100%
Bridget Grylls	5	-	1	-	-	20%	$2.90	-100%
R T Elliot	8	2	1	3	25%	75%	$1.60	-60%
M Cameron	2	-	-	2	-	100%	$1.80	-100%
D S Johnson	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$3.05	-100%
V A Colgan	12	-	2	1	-	25%	$2.10	-100%
L G Innes	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$6.50	550%
J L Waddell	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$8.50	-100%
S M Mc Kay	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$13.50	1250%
S T Collett	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$8.10	710%
D J Danis	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.10	-100%
Jake Bayliss	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
O P Bosson	2	-	-	-	-	-	$3.00	-100%
J J Fawcett	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
M J Mc Nab	3	-	-	-	-	-	$1.60	-100%
S C Spratt	1	-	-	-	-	-	$2.50	-100%
L J Allpress	5	-	-	-	-	-	$15.40	-100%
T N Harris	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
T Yanagida	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L T Hemi	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Clipperton	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B R Jones	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B R Lammas	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S O'Malley	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$4.20	320%
M J Dee	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$9.50	850%
Michael Poy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J K Riddell	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$1.60	60%
D G Bradley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D A Mansour	3	-	-	-	-	-	$2.40	-100%
A Comignaghi	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
N Rawiller	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A C Goindasamy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
K Mc Evoy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S R Weatherley	7	2	2	-	29%	57%	$5.45	56%
C J Grylls	12	1	-	1	8%	17%	$2.60	-78%
Richard Oliver	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J B Mc Donald	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$1.60	-20%
J Parkes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Callum Jones	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A J Calder	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
L H Satherley	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
S L Wynne	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
K Asano	4	-	-	-	-	-	$5.60	-100%
W F Pinn	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.30	-100%
G Boss	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Sarah Macnab	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Phelan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Teodore Nugent	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
R H Schofer	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C M Chipperfield	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
E M Leighton	1	-	-	-	-	-	$2.40	-100%
J Kamaruddin	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L Douglas	5	2	1	-	40%	60%	$2.30	-8%
Dean Parker	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Lawson-Carroll	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
N S Parmar	7	-	-	-	-	-	$4.70	-100%
K L Hannan	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Warren Kennedy	4	2	1	-	50%	75%	$7.20	260%
Joe Doyle	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
W B KENNEDY	10	1	-	-	10%	10%	$7.30	-27%
C R Barnes	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
C Zackey	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$4.50	125%
M Hashizume	37	7	5	3	19%	41%	$5.17	-2%
L Magorrian	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M Zahra	2	-	-	-	-	-	$3.48	-100%
T L Newman	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$1.50	-25%
H A Mc Neill	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms K Williams	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
T C Moodley	5	1	-	1	20%	40%	$1.80	-64%
Regan Bayliss	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tayla Mitchell	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Donovan Cooper	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Y Kumagai	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Gareth Lahoud	6	-	1	-	-	17%	-	-100%
Billy Jacobson	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
L Sutherland	2	1	1	-	50%	100%	$2.10	5%
P Graberg	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ngakau Hailey	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D W Stackhouse	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Rooke	72	18	12	10	25%	56%	$5.23	31%
Rihaan Goyaram	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Matthew Cartwright	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms K A Myers	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%

This season

Jockey	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
M T Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	$8.13	171%
J W Nason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C E Lammas	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.70	57%
Bridget Grylls	1	-	-	-	-	-	$2.90	-100%
R T Elliot	8	2	1	3	25%	75%	$1.60	-60%
M Cameron	2	-	-	2	-	100%	$2.23	-100%
D S Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.50	31%
V A Colgan	8	-	1	1	-	25%	$7.90	-100%
L G Innes	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.22	88%
J L Waddell	-	-	-	-	-	-	$8.50	325%
S M Mc Kay	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$13.50	1250%
S T Collett	-	-	-	-	-	-	$8.10	305%
D J Danis	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.10	-100%
Jake Bayliss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
O P Bosson	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.00	-100%
J J Fawcett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M J Mc Nab	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.30	-100%
S C Spratt	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.50	-100%
L J Allpress	5	-	-	-	-	-	$15.40	-100%
T N Harris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
T Yanagida	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L T Hemi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Clipperton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B R Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B R Lammas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S O'Malley	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.20	320%
M J Dee	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$9.50	850%
Michael Poy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J K Riddell	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$1.60	60%
D G Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D A Mansour	3	-	-	-	-	-	$2.40	-100%
A Comignaghi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
N Rawiller	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A C Goindasamy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
K Mc Evoy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S R Weatherley	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$5.45	-100%
C J Grylls	7	1	-	1	14%	29%	$2.60	-63%
Richard Oliver	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J B Mc Donald	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.35	57%
J Parkes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Callum Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A J Calder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L H Satherley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S L Wynne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
K Asano	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.67	-11%
W F Pinn	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.30	-100%
G Boss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Sarah Macnab	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Phelan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Teodore Nugent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R H Schofer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C M Chipperfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
E M Leighton	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.40	-40%
J Kamaruddin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L Douglas	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$2.30	-100%
Dean Parker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Lawson-Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
N S Parmar	7	-	-	-	-	-	$5.03	-100%
K L Hannan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Warren Kennedy	4	2	1	-	50%	75%	$7.20	260%
Joe Doyle	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
W B KENNEDY	7	1	-	-	14%	14%	$7.30	4%
C R Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Zackey	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.80	14%
M Hashizume	33	6	5	3	18%	42%	$5.77	5%
L Magorrian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M Zahra	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.80	-100%
T L Newman	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1.50	-85%
H A Mc Neill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms K Williams	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
T C Moodley	5	1	-	1	20%	40%	$1.80	-64%
Regan Bayliss	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tayla Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Donovan Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Y Kumagai	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Gareth Lahoud	6	-	1	-	-	17%	-	-100%
Billy Jacobson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L Sutherland	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.10	110%
P Graberg	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ngakau Hailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D W Stackhouse	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Rooke	72	18	12	10	25%	56%	$5.23	31%
Rihaan Goyaram	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Matthew Cartwright	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms K A Myers	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%

Here is a list of the next races and the most recent results for R James & R Wellwood

Upcoming Race

Schmooze Next Race: 25 May 2025, Ellerslie R7
4yoaG (Bay) Satono Aladdin x Virginia Catwalk

CAREER 8 0-2-2

EARNING $15,470

WIN 0

PLACE 50
Natoya Next Race: 25 May 2025, Ellerslie R6
3yoaF (Bay) Redwood x More Caviar

CAREER 3 0-0-2

EARNING $4,285

WIN 0

PLACE 67
Wedding Belle Next Race: 25 May 2025, Ellerslie R4
2yoaF (Bay) Circus Maximus x Let's Get Married

CAREER

EARNING $0

WIN 0

PLACE 0
Hephaestus Next Race: 25 May 2025, Ellerslie R1
3yoaC (Bay) The Autumn Sun x Panipique

CAREER 4 0-0-0

EARNING $2,225

WIN 0

PLACE 0
She's A Dealer Next Race: 24 May 2025, Randwick R4
3yoaF (Bay) Ace High x Say No More

CAREER 3 2-0-0

EARNING $27,135

WIN 67

PLACE 67
Wedding Belle Next Race: 24 May 2025, Te Rapa R3
2yoaF (Bay) Circus Maximus x Let's Get Married

CAREER

EARNING $0

WIN 0

PLACE 0

May 2025

Schmooze Last Race: 17 May 2025, Ellerslie R1
4yoaG (Bay) Satono Aladdin x Virginia Catwalk

CAREER 8 0-2-2

EARNING $15,470

WIN 0

PLACE 50
Surprise Inside Last Race: 14 May 2025, Matamata R6
3yoaF (Bay) Per Incanto x The Lustre

CAREER 4 0-1-0

EARNING $5,770

WIN 0

PLACE 25
Surprise Inside Last Race: 14 May 2025, Matamata R5
3yoaF (Bay) Per Incanto x The Lustre

CAREER 4 0-1-0

EARNING $5,770

WIN 0

PLACE 25
The Charm Last Race: 07 May 2025, Ellerslie R10
4yoaG (Bay) Charm Spirit x Ajourne

CAREER 9 1-1-1

EARNING $21,110

WIN 11

PLACE 33
High Elation Last Race: 07 May 2025, Ellerslie R9
3yoaF (Bay or Brown) I Am Invincible x Elate

CAREER 4 1-1-0

EARNING $18,705

WIN 25

PLACE 50
Honor Mission Last Race: 07 May 2025, Ellerslie R6
3yoaF (Bay) Tarzino x Commiserate

CAREER 1 0-0-0

EARNING $370

WIN 0

PLACE 0
Natoya Last Race: 07 May 2025, Ellerslie R4
3yoaF (Bay) Redwood x More Caviar

CAREER 3 0-0-2

EARNING $4,285

WIN 0

PLACE 67
Hephaestus Last Race: 07 May 2025, Ellerslie R3
3yoaC (Bay) The Autumn Sun x Panipique

CAREER 4 0-0-0

EARNING $2,225

WIN 0

PLACE 0
Hasstobeawinner Last Race: 03 May 2025, Te Rapa R7
5yoaG (Bay) Vadamos x Keepereel

CAREER 23 3-7-5

EARNING $244,165

WIN 13

PLACE 65
Schmooze Last Race: 03 May 2025, Te Rapa R3
4yoaG (Bay) Satono Aladdin x Virginia Catwalk

CAREER 8 0-2-2

EARNING $15,470

WIN 0

PLACE 50
Surprise Inside Last Race: 03 May 2025, Te Rapa R2
3yoaF (Bay) Per Incanto x The Lustre

CAREER 4 0-1-0

EARNING $5,770

WIN 0

PLACE 25

April 2025

Hasstobeawinner Last Race: 27 April 2025, Wanganui R9
5yoaG (Bay) Vadamos x Keepereel

CAREER 23 3-7-5

EARNING $244,165

WIN 13

PLACE 65
Hasstobeawinner Last Race: 25 April 2025, Awapuni R6
5yoaG (Bay) Vadamos x Keepereel

CAREER 23 3-7-5

EARNING $244,165

WIN 13

PLACE 65
Surprise Inside Last Race: 23 April 2025, Pukekohe Park R6
3yoaF (Bay) Per Incanto x The Lustre

CAREER 4 0-1-0

EARNING $5,770

WIN 0

PLACE 25

R James & R Wellwood News

Load More News

Last Updated: 17/05/2025

For everything you need to know about Jockey racing. Free Jockey racing tips from professional punters and betting secrets to increase your racing profits.

Still need help? Check out our Premium Tipping Service

28 Oct 2022 03:10 PM

Damien Oliver without a Cup ride?

28 Oct 2022 02:59 PM

Big bets and market movers on Saturday from TAB Media Release:

13 Apr 2021 10:29 AM

Albury gallops selections Thursday

19 Mar 2021 10:46 AM

Cranbourne Trot Comment Tuesday

27 Feb 2021 06:36 PM

Freedmans land maiden Group One win

27 Feb 2021 06:33 PM

Capriccio completes Damian Lane treble

A week at the races: Monday 25 November 2024 to Sunday 1 December 2024

A week at the races: Monday 18 November 2024 to Sunday 24 November 2024.

Insights into national thoroughbred racing for Monday 18 November 2024 to Sunday 24 November 2024. * There were 51 race meetings held across Australia last week with 3,422 horses compe...

A week at the races: Monday 11 November 2024 to Sunday 17 November 2024.

There were 47 race meetings held across Australia last week with 3,198 horses competing in 340 races for a total prize money purse of $19,011,500 .

A week at the races: Monday 4 November to Sunday 10 November 2024

There were 71 race meetings held across Australia last week with 4,512 horses competing in 499 races for a total prize money purse of $46,607,500 .

Magic Millions defies economic trend

Predictions of a major downturn in yearling sales proved unfounded at the first four sessions of the Magic Millions sale with just a 16 per cent drop on 2008 figures.Aushorse Marketing said the Gol...

Swiss Ace set for big Melbourne sprints

Talented Queensland sprinter Swiss Ace could be a surprise Melbourne visitor for the Group One Lightning Stakes and Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.Trainer Mick Mair expects to make a decision soo...

First shock of the winter...Stewards claim 'illegal substance' in Ortensia swab

Oh, oh...The first big shock of the winter and it's Melbourne trainer Tony Noonan caught up in the controversy with his top mare Ortensia. Latest reports say Racing NSW stewards are keeping secret ...

Look out punters...Racing Victoria's Big Brothers are after you...

Get ready to be called into the stewards' room...Believe it or not, racing authorities are now claiming they have the powers to coerce ordinary punters into revealing details of their betting activ...

Derby winner Polanski finds stud 'home' at Roycevale

Last year’s Victoria Derby winner Polanski will stand at stud in Victoria this season, reports Racing Network. After suffering a career-ending and life-threatening tendon injury after running i...

Prebble moves to one win behind Whyte in Hong Kong premiership

The Hong Kong battle goes on...Aussie star Brett Prebble is back within a win of the premiership lead held by Douglas Whyte after riding a winning double on Victory Style for trainer Manfred Man Ka...

Damien Oliver wins appeal against ban

Damien Oliver was a relieved man after the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board upheld his appeal against the severity of a one-month suspension, varying the penalty to a severe reprimand.The cham...

Form with a Prayer (Part 3)

A decade or more ago, a 'new' formguide was launched in Melbourne and I was among those who felt it would struggle to establish itself in a crowded marketplace. I'm happy enough to admit I was wro...