Bonny Lass

Bonny Lass looking to bounce back in Group 1 Telegraph

Posted on January 12, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Graham Richardson has previously had much better luck in the Group 1 Railway (1200m) than the Group 1 Telegraph (1200m), but he is hoping to flip that script with Bonny Lass at Trentham on Saturday. Richardson has won the Railway with Kailey (1997) and Volpe Veloce (2018), and both horses carried on down[...]

Posted on December 30, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata mentor Graham Richardson will attempt to win one of his favourite races for the third time on Monday when he and training partner Rogan Norvall line-up Bonny Lass in the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Pukekohe. Richardson was first successful in the blue riband sprinting contest back in 1997 with Kailey before striking[...]

Posted on September 14, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Graham Richardson has no worries about Bonny Lass' condition ahead of her resuming run at Te Rapa on Sunday, but factors beyond his control are tempering confidence levels. The Matamata horseman, who trains in partnership with Rogan Norvall, has the gifted short course specialist in good order to open her campaign, which also features stablemate[...]

Posted on August 23, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The competitive nature of Bonny Lass was showcased at Taupo where the gifted short course performer was a runaway trial winner on Wednesday. The dashing daughter of Super Easy was quickly into stride to make the running and was travelling easily at the top of the straight. She coasted clear in the run home with[...]

Posted on February 9, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Graham Richardson recorded an elite-level scalp with his homebred Defibrillate in the Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2050m) on Boxing Day, and he is hoping he can get another at Te Rapa this week. The eight-year-old gelding will contest the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) in a fresh state, having not raced since[...]

Posted on January 19, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Bonny Lass will end a frustrating last month for her connections when she lines-up in the Group 3 Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. Trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall were forced to scratch the mare out of the Group 1 Railway (1200m) at Te Rapa on New Year's Day after she arrived on[...]

Posted on November 17, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The last few days have dampened Graham Richardson's enthusiasm about the prospects of Bonny Lass in Saturday's Group 3 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe. Richardson and his training partner Rogan Norvall mapped out a three-race spring campaign for their quality sprinting mare, kicking off in last month's Group 3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m) before[...]

Posted on November 16, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Exciting three-year-old Sacred Satono is taking on some of the country's top older sprinters at Pukekohe on Saturday as he looks to put a minor setback behind him. Sacred Satono is set to have his first start in eight weeks in the Group 3 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m), where he could face smart sprinters[...]

Posted on October 17, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Graham Richardson will follow a proven formula with his leading sprinter Bonny Lass through to her grand final at Te Rapa on New Year's Day. With training partner Rogan Norvall, he produced the daughter of Super Easy to successfully open her campaign with a dashing first-up victory in the Group 3 Sweynesse[...]

Posted on September 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Graham Richardson is hoping for the perfect homecoming for Defibrillate when he contests the Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Hastings on Saturday. After a successful career in Melbourne in which he earned more than AUD$750,000, Defibrillate is set to have his first run in New Zealand for three years this[...]

Posted on May 22, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Progressive three-year-old Wewillrock will head to the spelling paddock after a clear-cut victory at Te Rapa on Saturday which has trainer Guy Lowry keen to see just how far he can go in his next campaign. Lowry, who prepares the son of Westbury Stud stallion El Roca with training partner Grant Cullen, had been expecting[...]

Posted on May 1, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata filly Bonny Lass showed just how tough she is when she overcame a wide trip in transit to deliver a comprehensive victory in the Group 3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders' Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall-trained daughter of Super Easy was forced over plenty of extra ground as rider[...]

Posted on April 28, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Valuable New Zealand filly Bonny Lass is in prime order for Saturday's Group 3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders' Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa where she will bid to add to her burgeoning record. The daughter of Super Easy proved herself a match for the best juveniles last season and it's been more of the same[...]

Posted on April 19, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Progressive New Zealand three-year-old filly Bonny Lass is back on track for a tilt at the Group 3 Cambridge Breeders' Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa on April 30, galloping between races at the Hamilton venue on Saturday after recovering from the effects of a stone bruise. Placed twice at Group One level as a two-year-old,[...]

Posted on March 23, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Graham Richardson is looking at a Queensland winter campaign to get some compensation for the bad luck that Aspen Colorado suffered at Trentham on Saturday. Aspen Colorado was a fast-finishing third in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m), only getting clear in the final 150m. Richardson, who trains in partnership with[...]

Posted on February 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Graham Richardson wasn't expecting too much when he sat down to watch his pride and joy Defibrillate kick off his autumn campaign at Caulfield on Saturday. Richardson is part of a syndicate of owners, including close friends Lance O'Sullivan and Brendon McCullum, who race the seven-year-old son of Shocking out of the[...]

Posted on February 21, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented filly Bonny Lass put a big smile on the face of co-trainer Graham Richardson after she returned to winning form with a comprehensive victory over 1200m at Ellerslie on Saturday. Richardson, who prepares the daughter of Super Easy with training partner Rogan Norvall, had been confident of a good performance following some impressive trackwork[...]

Bonny Lass looking to bounce back in Group 1 Telegraph

Bonny Lass primed for Railway task

Richardson confident ahead of Bonny Lass’ return

Bonny Lass impresses in Taupo trial

Defibrillate vying for back-to-back Group Ones

Bonny Lass set to take flight in Concorde

Richardson hopes for something special from Bonny Lass

Sacred Satono to take on older sprinters in Counties Bowl

Richardson guided by past Railway experience

Group One homecoming for Defibrillate

Lowry looking to the future with impressive Te Rapa winner

Bonny Lass delivers in style at Te Rapa

Bonny filly ready for Breeders’ Stakes

Bonny Lass back on track for Te Rapa assignment

Queensland beckoning Aspen Colorado

Richardson delighted with Defibrillate

Richardson all smiles with Bonny Lass

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