Riverdee Stable

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Riverdee Stable and Clancy Bloodstock Management have grown significantly in recent years, campaigning graded stakes winners over jumps and on the flat, in England and America.

Dark blue, two light blue hoops, red cap. Don’t forget the red cap! Riverdee Stable is named after a horse who excelled in five disciplines – flat racing, steeplechasing, eventing, showing and fox hunting. An overachiever, Riverdee is the model we strive to discover and campaign on the flat and over hurdles.

In 2023, Riverdee finished second in the owner’s standing in steeplechasing. Awakened won the Grade 1 Jonathan Sheppard at Saratoga and earned a finalist slot in the Eclipse Awards. Cool Jet won two novice stakes to help Riverdee climb to 19th on the all-time leaderboard. In all, Riverdee won 13 races for over $500,000.

In 2022, Riverdee won seven races for over $200,000 from a limited number of starters. Potus, Cool Jet and Awakened won big maiden races to promise bigger things in 2023. City Dreamer continued to ply his trade in the stakes division moving Riverdee up the ladder in career steeplechase earnings. That year’s earnings moved Riverdee past icons F. Eugene Dixon Jr., Mrs. Miles Valentine and Rokeby Stable, on the all-time steeplechase leaderboard. It’s an honor to be listed in the same sentence with steeplechasing stalwarts. I remember pulling on the gray and gold frogs of Rokeby silks to ride Senator Brady in the Imperial Cup at Aiken when I was a freshman in college. We finished second to another Rokeby runner. Oh, to have a win picture with those silks. I donned the pink and cerise hearts of Mrs. Miles Valentine, same thing, no win pictures, but an honor. As for F. Eugene Dixon and his wife Edie, well, they were integral in my riding career, providing my first Saratoga winner with To Ridley in 1994. Talk about a thrill.

In 2021, Riverdee won nine races including two stakes, from 37 starts for $248,700, cracking the top five on the National Steeplechase Association’s leading owner list for the third year in a row. We won our last five starts to end the season on a roll and went over $1 million in career steeplechase earnings, one of just 30 owners to reach that achievement in over 100 years.

In a Covid-shorted 2020 season, we won three races. In 2019, Riverdee won seven races, including four stakes, from 34 starts in England and America for nearly $400,000 in purses. In 2018, Riverdee won nine races from 55 starts, from Churchill Downs to Laurel to Callaway Gardens to Pennsylvania Hunt Cup. In 2017, we won 11 races from 63 starts for a solid 17 win percentage and 56 in the money percentage.

We have won or placed at Santa Anita, Saratoga, Keeneland, Woodbine, Far Hills, Colonial Cup, Cheltenham, Newbury, Doncaster and other premier tracks around the world. We have purchased, managed and/or raced graded stakes winners on the flat and over jumps, including horses who have won three Eclipse Awards.

Awakened, Zabeel Champion, Rocket One, Potus, Cool Jet, Tiz a Giant, Snow Geese, Tuddenham Green, Jimmy Dan, Pietrelcina, Queens Empire, Include It, Fits The Jill, Mission Brief, Gordon’s Jet, King Tsunami, World Factor, Penicillin Success anchor the American squad for 2024.

Cyber Ninja

Oh, we were chasing and waiting for this one. The son of Arrogate joined Riverdee and trainer Jack Fisher in November 2024. We can’t remember being more excited about a horse joining our team. Trained by Bill Mott, the son of Arrogate won twice on the flat – going 1 1/4 … Read More

Ethics

New to the team, the 3-year-old son of Hard Spun has long, turf, steeplechasing written all over his pedigree page, his form line and his connection list. Bred by one of the world’s best breeders, Claiborne Farm, the bay gelding made just four starts on the flat, including a third … Read More

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Renfro’s Reception

For all you Cowboys’ and Oilers’ fans. And if you’re counting, there were 323 receptions. Of course it was a reception. We purchased the 3-year-old gelding in the Fasig-Tipton Digital Sale in December. A last-out winner by 4 3/4 lengths at Laurel Park, the son of Street Sense will enjoy … Read More

Then what

Seems like it needs a question mark. Then what for Then What? Jumping. The son of Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense joined Riverdee in mid-November and will learn a new trade at Hall of Famer Jack Fisher’s farm. From a big family with a stamina through and through, the 3-year-old … Read More

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Air Kiss

We purchased the Maryland-bred daughter of Great Notion for $20,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale at the end of September. She is presently in training at the Middleburg Training Center. She will be Virginia-certified to take advantage of the lucrative program at Colonial Downs next summer. That’s if she’s not … Read More

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Serifos

A stakes winner on the flat, the son of Into Mischief made his hurdle debut for Riverdee and Ten Strike Racing at Shawan Downs in September. Looking for a solid education, the 6-year-old settled well off the pace and picked up some pieces to finish fifth for jockey Stephen Mulqueen … Read More

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De La Cruz

For all you Reds fans out there… Riverdee purchased the son of Divisidero this summer. With three seconds and four thirds in 11 starts on the turf and synthetic, the 4-year-old looks like a perfect candidate for a hurdle career. His Beyers Speed Figures range from 66 to 79, he … Read More

Pudding Lane

Purchased as a 3-year-old in 2025, the Kentucky-bred gelding finished third twice on the turf and earned a third and fourth in his first two hurdle starts to close the 2025 season. Training with the Grade 1-winning team Bernie and Kate Dalton, the son of English Channel earned his diploma … Read More

Potus

The regally-bred son of Lemon Drop Kid traces back to My Flag, Storm Flag Flying, On Parade and other Phipps Stable’s stars. Riverdee purchased Potus from the Keeneland November Sale in 2021. Potus won his final hurdle start by double digits at Montpelier to close out the 2023 season. He … Read More

VIntage Year

An answer to a trivia question. Who is the only horse to win three maiden races in a season (career)? Vintage Year won his third maiden race of the year when winning on the turf at Colonial Downs in July. Purchased in 2023, the son of Point OF Entry finished … Read More