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Richardson hoping for fruitful day at Tauranga

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 April 29, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand Group One winner Tiptronic has arrived in Australia ahead of a three-start Queensland winter carnival campaign. The Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall-trained seven-year-old flew into Sydney on Sunday and has made his way north by road to Brisbane, where he will be based at Eagle Farm. The son of O’Reilly finished third behind[...]

Posted on April 6, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A chance conversation one evening with good mate and former New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum saw trainer Graeme Richardson put his money where his mouth was, taking a share in a Per Incanto colt bred by McCullum, that he liked the look of. Richardson’s faith in the now three-year-old gelding named Rabada was vindicated[...]

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

Graham Richardson is an excited man ahead of the Group 1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni on Saturday. The Matamata horseman, who trains in partnership with Rogan Norvall, will line-up Bonny Lass in the juvenile feature and he is hoping she can take home the lion’s share of the $225,000 purse.[...]

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

There aren’t many better ways for a jockey to celebrate buying a new home than riding a treble the next day. Craig Grylls did exactly that at Matamata, his three winners including Group 2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) victor Bonny Lass. It came a day after he and his wife Milou secured a lifestyle block[...]

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 February 10, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group One winner Tiptronic has taken the underdog tag into the last two editions of the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m), and he will once again carry that label in the feature race at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall-trained gelding defied his odds when runner-up in the 2019 edition[...]

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

Trainer Graham Richardson reckons he may have finally figured out what makes stable star Tiptronic tick. “I actually think he just loves his Christmas dinner,” Richardson said with tongue firmly in cheek. “Once he has had that he seems to grow a leg and really comes right with his racing. “He’s won seven races now[...]

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 October 14, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group One winner Tiptronic bypassed the first two legs of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival and trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall are hoping a less travelled path will benefit him at Hastings on Saturday. The son of O’Reilly will line-up in the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) after carrying big weights in his three[...]

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[...]

Richardson hoping for fruitful day at Tauranga

Australian campaign for Tiptronic

Rabada hits rivals for six at Tauranga

Bonny Lass primed for Group One

Group One opportunity knocks for Bonny Lass

In-form Grylls making every post a winner

Richardson still buzzing over home track success

Richardson and Norvall double up in Matamata features

Richardson chasing hometown feature with Bonny Lass

Richardson welcomes underdog status

Tiptronic back to best at Ellerslie

Paisley Park a summer cups contender

Livamol test for Tiptronic

Justastate in the frame for Norvall

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