2023 Another Impressive Year for Riverdee

Still in history mode as we celebrate 25 years of The Special… We made it back for the second year. It was a close call. Looking back, I guess we broke even the first year. Certainly, didn’t make any money but we somehow, someway, saw a few glimmers of hope … Read More

An answer to a trivia question. Who is the only horse to win three maiden races in a season (possibly a career)? Vintage Year. The son of Point Of Entry won his third maiden race yesterday, storming from the back under Sheldon Russell to upset a maiden turf race at … Read More

Day after day. Set after set. Horse after horse. Story after story. Race after race. Summer after summer. This right here in your hand has been in my head. The Saratoga Special, a daily newspaper covering it all for the six weeks at Saratoga.  It’s been in there, rocking and … Read More

Chasing bids at sales around the world. Underbidder on one at Tattersalls at 4:30 in the morning. Hard to get back to bed after that. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred goes off to Bahrain. He would have liked Kentucky Downs. Researched and followed a few at Fasig-Tipton, to no avail, as prices … Read More

Jhirsch went too fast, too early at Saratoga yesterday. Not anyone’s fault, just the way races go sometimes. We knew we wanted to go forward and get over, which Jose Lezcano did, but there was pressure from Willintoriskitall and Sky Masterson as the field ripped down the backside. The first … Read More