Paisley Park

Fresh is best for Paisley Park

Posted on November 25, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Paisley Park will have two major factors in his favour when he fronts trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall's black type challenge at Te Rapa on Saturday. The versatile son of Azamour is in tip-top order for the Group 3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) while younger stablemate Channel Surfer will bid to break his duck[...]

Posted on October 11, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Graham Richardson's hand has been forced with Defibrillate, who will resume his New Zealand career without a preparatory outing ahead of Saturday's Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings. His lead-up plans for the multiple Australian black-type winner were upset by the abandonment of the middle day of the Hawke's Bay carnival and the[...]

Posted on October 9, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Local runner Paisley Park showed he had taken plenty of improvement from his first-up performance at Te Rapa last month when he came with a withering late burst to score in the Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m). The Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall-trained eight-year-old had given plenty of cheek over 1200m in his campaign[...]

Posted on February 10, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Graham Richardson says Tiptronic is as good as ever heading into one of his favourite races, the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. Tiptronic will be having his fourth go at the weight-for-age showcase on Saturday. In his previous attempts he finished second at odds to On[...]

Posted on June 25, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Graham Richardson is hoping for a fruitful day when he heads across the Kaimai Ranges to Tauranga on Saturday. The Matamata horseman, who trains in partnership with Rogan Norvall, will have four runners at the Bay of Plenty meeting this weekend, headed by Paisley Park in the Seeka Kiwifruit Cup (2100m). The[...]

Posted on March 11, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Graham Richardson wasn't planning to run Bonny Lass in the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) until he saw the nominations – or rather, the lack of them. Remarkably for a Group One race, just four horses were originally nominated for the contest on Tuesday – the Jamie Richards-trained stablemates On The Bubbles and[...]

Posted on March 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

After a night of celebrations at his favourite local restaurant, Matamata trainer Graham Richardson made an understandably slow start to his Sunday morning schedule. Richardson and a group of friends had good cause to party on Saturday evening after he and co-trainer Rogan Norvall captured the most prized trophy amongst the local training fraternity, the[...]

Posted on March 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Local filly Bonny Lass carried the hopes of her breeder Sandy Moore and a mixture of racing newbies and experienced hands to victory in Saturday's Group 2 J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders' Stakes (1200m). The two-year-old filly is raced by Moore, the vice-president of the Auckland Racing Club and members of the Social Racing[...]

Posted on February 24, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall head to their local meeting on Saturday with talented yet unassuming filly Bonny Lass in the Group 2 J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders Stakes (1200m). An impressive debut winner at the course and distance in late January, Richardson is pleased with the progress of the Super Easy[...]

Posted on November 26, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Paisley Park and Lisnagar Oscar won the Stayers' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Both horses are running in the Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury at 15.00 GMT on Friday, but Summerville Boy is preferred at with online bookmakers. Friday's race is run over three miles and 12 hurdles around a[...]

Posted on October 19, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Progressive galloper Paisley Park bounced back to winning form when he out-finished his rivals over 1600m at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship Final (2400m) winner earlier in the year at the venue was having his third start in a new campaign and looked ready for a big performance based on his first[...]

Posted on August 6, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It may have only been a maiden race at Te Aroha on Sunday, but Justastate earned her photo spot amongst Rogan Norvall's gallery of the memorable feature winners he rode during his career in the saddle. The Falkirk five-year-old credited Norvall with his first training success after he officially went into partnership with Matamata trainer[...]

Posted on March 12, 2020
in Tips

Altior was not able to defend his crown in the Champion Chase, but Paisley Park is the banker of the meeting to win the Stayers’ Hurdle again on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival.

Posted on March 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Graham Richardson experienced one of his biggest moments in racing when Tiptronic won the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa last month and the Matamata trainer is hoping for a repeat performance at Ellerslie on Saturday. “It was awesome, it was a well-deserved win by him, especially since he ran second in[...]

Posted on February 25, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Last Saturday’s renewal of the Adonis Hurdle at Kempton has thrown up the new favourite for the championship race for juveniles at the 2020 Cheltenham Festival.

Posted on February 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Graham Richardson believes he has good performer Tiptronic right where he wants him as he prepares for next weekend's Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa. The O'Reilly gelding is coming off an impressive victory over 2100m at his most recent start at Ellerslie and will attempt to go one better in[...]

Posted on January 28, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Paisley Park and Santini won their prep races last weekend and can win the Stayers’ Hurdle and Gold Cup respectively at the biggest jumps meeting of the year, which starts in seven weeks on Tuesday.

Fresh is best for Paisley Park

Circumstances force unconventional approach

Paisley Park takes out Matamata Cup

Tiptronic thriving ahead of Herbie Dyke

Richardson hoping for fruitful day at Tauranga

Group One opportunity knocks for Bonny Lass

Richardson still buzzing over home track success

Richardson and Norvall double up in Matamata features

Richardson chasing hometown feature with Bonny Lass

Summerville Boy can beat last two Stayers’ Hurdle winners

Paisley Park a summer cups contender

Justastate in the frame for Norvall

Cheltenham Festival Day 3 betting predictions, tips & odds

Queensland a likely target for Tiptronic

Solo all the rage for Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival

Richardson looking to go one better with Tiptronic in Waikato feature

Paisley Park & Santini come through Cheltenham dress rehearsals

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