2023 Another Impressive Year for Riverdee

Riverdee rolls back into action today. Roja Redemption and Pietrelcina head to Laurel Park and Penicillin Success and Cool Jet get back to work in the trials at Shawan Downs. Purse and no purse. Objectives and different objectives. Roja Redemption makes his second start since joining Riverdee. A project, we’re … Read More

The fourth from Marseilles just finished. Photo finish. The second from Chantilly is looming. Two late scratches, including Without. Race two goes without Without. American-bred Nitoi the favorite. Some beach action from Laytown (on the bucket list) coming up. Quiet Monday morning. The background beat music of international racing on … Read More

The faint rock and roll on a boom box. The whirl of a bathroom fan. The thwack of an aluminum bat on a rawhide ball. Car tires rippling over the gravel parking lot. A coach’s occasional lesson, grip, load, wait, go. Young parents walk anxious early rising children. The balls … Read More

Time to… Reenter…regroup…recalibrate…reload…restock… Saratoga is over. The Saratoga Special is done and dusted for another year. Twenty-four in the books. We are in the planning stages for our silver jubilee. Come one. Come all. Tom is talking about organizing a roast. I told him I was too sensitive for a … Read More

Lena Lorieul and Allamericanbeauty strode out of Shug McGaughey’s barn Thursday morning, stopped on the apron and waited like the Hall of Fame trainer’s riders and horses have been doing for decades.  The rider wore black boots high up her calf. Gray socks poking out the top. Worn jeans tucked … Read More