Registering the Riverdee silks in Ireland. Just in time for Imarajan who runs next week.
Dark blue, two light blue hoops on body and sleeves and red cap were unavailable. I tried the British version, three hoops on the body and one hoop (they call it an armlet) on the sleeves. Unavailable. I played with multiple hoops on the sleeves. Too busy. Seams on the sleeves. Vertical and horizontal lines looked like a four-lane intersection. Chevrons, dots, spots…
I went back to the basics. Four hoops on the body, nothing on the sleeves and a red cap. They’re being made as I type. Not as traditional as two hoops on the body and sleeves, but we’ll take it. I actually like it.
Hopefully Mom will approve. She designed the silks way back when Dad was riding Lotsomo and Nalanx, Handsome Daddy and Banner Route. Added a red cap because the Jockey Club advised that she needed another color, the silks were too close to someone else’s silks. Widener…Rouse…I think the former. Mom joyfully added a red cap so she could see the silks better in a race. The Jockey Club approved it and they’ve been on every horse from Red Raven to Riverdee to Roja Redemption. She’s right, if it wasn’t for the red cap, the silks blend like trees in a forest. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s bad, all depends on how a horse is traveling.
Here’s to traveling strongly in 2025 and beyond.
