Riva Ridge was a thoroughbred racehorse, the winner of the 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. He was owned and bred by the Meadow Stable of Christopher Chenery.
Riva Ridge was the twelfth horse to become an equine millionaire ($1,111,497.00) and was the best older horse in America in 1973, earning the Eclipse Award in his division. In thirty starts, Riva Ridge won 17, placed in three, and came in third in one. Riva Ridge was syndicated for the impressive sum of $5,120,000. As a stallion, Riva Ridge sired twenty-nine stakes winners. His daughter Alada was the second dam of champion Saratoga Dew. He passed away after suffering a heart attack on April 21, 1985. Riva Ridge was elected to the American Hall of Fame in 1998.
Riva Ridge was the twelfth horse to become an equine millionaire ($1,111,497.00) and was the best older horse in America in 1973, earning the Eclipse Award in his division. In thirty starts, Riva Ridge won 17, placed in three, and came in third in one. Riva Ridge was syndicated for the impressive sum of $5,120,000. As a stallion, Riva Ridge sired twenty-nine stakes winners. His daughter Alada was the second dam of champion Saratoga Dew. He passed away after suffering a heart attack on April 21, 1985. Riva Ridge was elected to the American Hall of Fame in 1998.
Riva Ridge was a thoroughbred racehorse, the winner of the 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. He was owned and bred by the Meadow Stable of Christopher Chenery.
Riva Ridge was the twelfth horse to become an equine millionaire ($1,111,497.00) and was the best older horse in America in 1973, earning the Eclipse Award in his division. In thirty starts, Riva Ridge won 17, placed in three, and came in third in one. Riva Ridge was syndicated for the impressive sum of $5,120,000. As a stallion, Riva Ridge sired twenty-nine stakes winners. His daughter Alada was the second dam of champion Saratoga Dew. He passed away after suffering a heart attack on April 21, 1985. Riva Ridge was elected to the American Hall of Fame in 1998.
Riva Ridge was the twelfth horse to become an equine millionaire ($1,111,497.00) and was the best older horse in America in 1973, earning the Eclipse Award in his division. In thirty starts, Riva Ridge won 17, placed in three, and came in third in one. Riva Ridge was syndicated for the impressive sum of $5,120,000. As a stallion, Riva Ridge sired twenty-nine stakes winners. His daughter Alada was the second dam of champion Saratoga Dew. He passed away after suffering a heart attack on April 21, 1985. Riva Ridge was elected to the American Hall of Fame in 1998.
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