Horsename: | Richmond Lass |
Sire: | Aachen |
Dam: | Chevro |
Sex: | Mare |
Foaled: | 1 September 1963 |
Owner: | Fred Miller, Richmond House, Coordinates -37.1138°N 143.5783°W |
Racerecord: | Winner of the 1969 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship |
Raceearnings: | $42,936 |
Racewins: | 31 |
Richmond Lass[1] won 31 races as a harness racer and went on to win the 1969 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship.[2] The horse was owned by Fred Miller, from Richmond House, Bung Bong, Victoria and driven by "respected local horseman Jack Moore."
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.[3]
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.[4]
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]
The Harness Breeders VIC Richmond Lass race, has been "named in honour of one of the best mares produced in the southern hemisphere"[4] 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]