Richmond Lass

Richmond Lass[2] won 31 races as a harness racer and went on to win the 1969 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship.[3] The horse was owned by Fred Miller, from Richmond House, Bung Bong, Victoria and driven by "respected local horseman Jack Moore."[1]

Richmond Lass
Richmond Lass winning the 1969 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship
SireAachen
DamChevro
SexMare
Foaled(1963-09-01)1 September 1963
Died14 January 1985(1985-01-14) (aged 21)
OwnerFred Miller, Richmond House, Coordinates 37°06′49.5″S 143°34′41.7″E
Record
Winner of the 1969 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship[1]
Earnings
$42,936
Major wins
31

Richmond L'Ami
Richmond L'Ami winning the Boort Cup, 30 January 1982

Richmond L'Ami (with L'Ami being French for 'friend') a bay horse was born on 14 November 1975. The dam was Richmond Lass and the sire, Tarport Boy. Richmond L'Ami - a pacer - won a number of races including the Boort Cup on 30 January 1982.[4]

Death
Richmond Lass Plaque at Richmond House

Richmond Lass died at Richmond Park, in a major bush-fire, at Bung Bong, on 14 January 1985. There a memorial plaque erected at Richmond House.[1]

Hall of Fame

In August 2017, Richmond Lass was inducted into the Victorian Harness Racing's, Hall of Fame as "one of Australia’s finest pacing mares".[5]

Memorial race

The Harness Breeders VIC Richmond Lass race, has been "named in honour of one of the best mares produced in the southern hemisphere"[1] with $30,000 prize money, and is held annually at the Tabcorp Park-Melton race track.[6][7]

Further information on Richmond Lass is available from Australian Harness Racing.[8][9]

See also

Reference list
  1. "Can Girl match the feats of Lass?". Harness News. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. "Richmond Lass (deceased)". Australian Harness Racing. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. Harness Racing,Wayville (S.A) 01/03/1969 Inter-Dominion Grand Final (Richmond Lass-K.Brook). 22 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  4. "Richmond L'Ami (deceased)". Australian Harness Racing. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. Victorian Harness Racing (24 August 2017). "Hall of Fame inductees 2017. A Knight to remember". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. "Victorian Feature Race List - 2016 / 2017" (PDF). p. 2.
  7. "Mendelico Wins Richmond Lass". 12 January 2010.
  8. "Richmond Lass". Harness Racing in Australia. 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  9. "Inter Dominion - A Brief History". Harness Racing in Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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