2023 Another Impressive Year for Riverdee

Tapping away in a quiet hotel room before heading home. Meetings in Charleston done and dusted. A lot of conversation, a lot of ideas, a lot of energy. There is nothing like getting involved and making decisions to change your perspective. After a stint as SOTA president, five years on … Read More

17 and cloudy at 35538. Miles and Annie off to school. A rice dish in tow. For history class, something about African studies. We prepped and peppered, cooked and clean for four hours last night. We ate for about seven minutes in there somewhere. We ran out clean forks. We … Read More

Oh, I love race plans. Patrick Harty called today with a race plan for Imarajan. Fairyhouse. February. I love all race plans but especially when they come in January. Around here at Riverdee, January is slow. February, too. March, starting to awaken. April, full speed. May, look out. But, right … Read More

21 and sunny at 35538. Snow still hanging around, which is good for the horses. They get used to it, understand it, can navigate it. When it snows, rains, sleets, hails, thaws, freezes, thaws, rains, freezes, thaws, snows…that’s the worst kind of winter. As for the Riverdee horses, Jhirsch and … Read More

35 and sunny at 35538. Barn chores. Beautiful this morning. Crisp but tolerable. No wind. Snow still covering the ground, making it easy for horses to move around the fields. Light, dry snow, hope it stays for a while. I waited for Blue to come to his feed tub, stood … Read More