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 L'Ami
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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
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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 Melton Entertainment Park.[6][7]
Further information on Richmond Lass is available from Australian Harness Racing.[8][9]
See also
- Bung Bong, Victoria
- Harness racing in Australia
- Harness racing in New Zealand
- Inter Dominion Hall of Fame
- Rathscar, Victoria
Reference list
- ^ a b c d "Can Girl match the feats of Lass?". Harness News. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Richmond Lass (deceased)". Australian Harness Racing. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Harness Racing,Wayville (S.A) 01/03/1969 Inter-Dominion Grand Final (Richmond Lass-K.Brook). 22 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Richmond L'Ami (deceased)". Australian Harness Racing. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Victorian Harness Racing (24 August 2017). "Hall of Fame inductees 2017. A Knight to remember". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Victorian Feature Race List - 2016 / 2017" (PDF). p. 2.
- ^ "Mendelico Wins Richmond Lass". 12 January 2010.
- ^ "Richmond Lass". Harness Racing in Australia. 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Inter Dominion - A Brief History". Harness Racing in Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
External links
- Avoca and District Historical Society