Tiptronic

Richardson excited about new season prospects

Posted on August 16, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

With the onset of spring and summer racing just around the corner, you can hear the excitement in the voice of trainer Graham Richardson as he talks about the prospects his Matamata stable has for the new season. Richardson and training partner Rogan Norvall will unleash several unraced runners at the Te Rapa trials on[...]

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 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 September 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (NZTBA) has announced that Waikato Stud is the winner of the Sir Patrick and Justine Lady Hogan New Zealand Breeder of the Year Award. In a very successful year for New Zealand breeders, the voting went right down to the wire with Waikato Stud prevailing from a stellar pool[...]

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 May 11, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Graham Richardson admits he was suffering from mixed emotions on Friday as his former stable star Volpe Veloce took the next step on her path to a career in the matron’s paddock. Richardson and his fellow owners retired the six-year-old mare after she finished unplaced behind Te Akau Shark in the Group 1 BCD[...]

Posted on April 20, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

South African-born jockey Donovan Mansour is determined to remain positive about his long journey to recovery from a horrific raceday accident despite the current Covid-19 pandemic throwing him a major curveball in recent days. Mansour suffered a broken pelvis along with numerous internal injuries after an incident at the starting barriers at Te Aroha back[...]

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 10, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Graham Richardson rates the breakthrough Group 1 success of Tiptronic at Te Rapa last Saturday as a highlight of his training career. The Matamata trainer remembers the O’Reilly colt who took his eye out of Waikato Stud’s draft at the 2015 Premier Yearling Sales at Karaka and cost him $100,000. “He wasn’t big and he[...]

Posted on February 8, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A nail-biting finish to the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa was settled in favour of last year’s runner-up Tiptronic when he stuck his nose in front at just the right time to down a gallant True Enough in the day’s middle-distance weight-for-age feature. With South Island raider Camino Rocoso setting a[...]

Richardson excited about new season prospects

Australian campaign for Tiptronic

Rabada hits rivals for six at Tauranga

Bonny Lass primed for Group One

Group One opportunity knocks for Bonny Lass

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

Waikato Stud named New Zealand Breeder of the Year

Justastate in the frame for Norvall

New era for Matamata stable

Mansour in good spirits despite delay to recovery process

Queensland a likely target for Tiptronic

Richardson’s faith in Tiptronic rewarded

Thrilling finish to Herbie Dyke Stakes

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