2023 Another Impressive Year for Riverdee

Devastating news. John Shirreffs, a horseman’s horseman, died in his sleep Thursday night. A kind, curious, imaginative horse trainer who made the sport, the world, a better place. I wrote “Zen Ten” in The Saratoga Special Aug. 13, 2016. It took John Shirreffs 10 minutes.  Ten minutes to get over the worst defeat … Read More

I love the Winter Olympics. For all its whacky events, high-drama moments and side-gig athletes. USA and Latvia are tied at 1-1 in the first period of the first round of Olympic hockey. Two American goals disallowed, two pucks off posts, a goal saved by an American player who wasn’t … Read More

Miles and I were on our way to a baseball game near Lovettsville, Virginia. A woman braced against a leash which braced against a husky. The dog was winning as the duo careened along the fence line of an expansive farm. “Look at that woman, walking her dog on a … Read More

Eight degrees at 35538. Sunday barn chores. About to begin. I see three huddled masses in the front field. Check. I’ll lug and chug to the barn in a bit to check on the other two. We moved Eli, the goat, and Duchess, the cat, to the tack room last … Read More

In our first start of the year. Sherminator bounced back from a fall at Cheltenham to score in a novice hurdle at Ludlow Racecourse Wednesday. Trained by Harry Fry and ridden by Bryan Carver, the German-bred 5-year-old settled well, jumped well, scythed through the inside, powered over the third-to-last, the … Read More