Riverman
Riverman (22 March 1969 – 31 July 1999) was a French Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse and highly successful sire.
Background
Foaled in Kentucky, Riverman was bred by Harry F. Guggenheim of the prominent American Guggenheim family. He w ...
, grandsire =
Never Bend
Never Bend (1960–1977) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1962 American Champion Two-Year-Old and later became a leading sire in England.
Racing career 1962: Two-year-old season
Foaled at Claiborne Farm for owner/bree ...
, dam = Le Vague a Lame
, damsire =
Vaguely Noble
Vaguely Noble (1965–1989) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United Kingdom and France. The colt is best known as the winner of the 1968 Group One Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe when he defeated the best horses from Engla ...
, sex =
Filly
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*In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old.
*In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States
...
, foaled = 1984
, country = United States
, colour =
Bay
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Robert Collet
Robert Collet (born 6 May 1948 in Chantilly, Oise) is a French thoroughbred racehorse trainer.
Robert Collet was one of the first European trainers to win a Breeders' Cup race when he won the 1986 edition of the Breeders' Cup Mile at Hollywood Pa ...
2)
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935, in Antigo, Wisconsin) is a retired American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. He has won twenty Breeders' Cup races, received five Eclipse Awards for his accomplishments, and his h ...
, record = 35: 6-5-6
, earnings =
US$
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915,785 (equivalent)
, race =
Prix de Pomone
The Prix de Pomone is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,500 metres (about 1 mile and 4½ ...
(1987)
Prix Maurice de Nieuil
The Prix Maurice de Nieuil is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,800 metres (about 1¾ miles), and it is schedule ...
Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes
The Flower Bowl Stakes is a Graded stakes race, Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for Filly, fillies and Mare (horse), mares aged four years old and older over a distance of miles on the Grass, turf held annually in early September at Sara ...
(1989)
, awards =
, honours = River Memories Stakes at
Woodbine Racetrack
Woodbine Racetrack is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the King's Plate. The track ...
(1996 – 2017) River Memories Stakes at
Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a thoroughbred racing, thoroughbred horse racetrack in Elmont, New York, just east of New York City limits best known for hosting the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United Stat ...
(2015 – 2021)
, updated= 20 December 2023
River Memories (foaled April 17, 1984 in
Kentucky
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) is a
Thoroughbred
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racehorse
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who competed successfully in
France
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and
North America
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.
Bred and raced by Alan Clore, River Memories raced in France at age two and three. After her win for trainer
Robert Collet
Robert Collet (born 6 May 1948 in Chantilly, Oise) is a French thoroughbred racehorse trainer.
Robert Collet was one of the first European trainers to win a Breeders' Cup race when he won the 1986 edition of the Breeders' Cup Mile at Hollywood Pa ...
in the
Grade I
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Woodbine Racetrack
Woodbine Racetrack is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the King's Plate. The track ...
in
Toronto
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,
Canada
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she remained in
North America
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, racing there through age five for new owner Peter M. Brant and trainer,
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935, in Antigo, Wisconsin) is a retired American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. He has won twenty Breeders' Cup races, received five Eclipse Awards for his accomplishments, and his h ...
. In 1989, after losing seventeen consecutive races, River Memories won the Grade I
Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes
The Flower Bowl Stakes is a Graded stakes race, Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for Filly, fillies and Mare (horse), mares aged four years old and older over a distance of miles on the Grass, turf held annually in early September at Sara ...
Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a thoroughbred racing, thoroughbred horse racetrack in Elmont, New York, just east of New York City limits best known for hosting the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United Stat ...
As a
broodmare
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, River Memories has produced nine foals, none of which have met with racing success.