2023 Another Impressive Year for Riverdee

Wickedly sidetracked on a Tuesday afternoon. After a morning conference call with Joe and Tom to talk about The Saratoga Special mostly, I wound up diving and delving into the archives. In celebration of our 25th anniversary of The Special, we are toying with producing a book. A Best Of … Read More

Back to work Monday morning and getting to this Monday afternoon. That’s how it goes sometimes. I always say I’m going to write here first, then tackle the rest of the day later. It doesn’t always work that smoothly. Rarely, actually. Today got busy in a hurry. Made breakfast and … Read More

The second and final day of the Dublin Racing Festival. Danny Mullins straddles Vischio, leg long, stirrups dangling as the full field of fillies and mares converge, merge and turn around in the opener, the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Paddy and Maureen Mullins Mares Handicap Hurdle. They huddle again, turn, … Read More

The Dublin Racing Festival. On a quiet Saturday in February, as my family sleeps in for a change, I’m wading into two days of high-class racing at Leopardstown Racecourse in Ireland. Willie Mullins, the greatest National Hunt trainer, in history entered 23 horses in the seven races today. And, yeah, … Read More

We have an entry. The 3:25 at Fairyhouse. Wednesday. February 5. 19 entries. Heavy ground. Imarajan is scheduled for his hurdle debut. He schools at The Curragh tomorrow (Friday). Hopefully that goes well and we go to Fairyhouse next week. There is nothing like an entry. And there is nothing … Read More