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Riva Ridge (April 13 1969 – April 21 1985) was a Thoroughbred racehorse the winner of the 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. A son of First Landing out of Iberia (by Heliopolis) he was owned and bred by the Meadow Stable of Christopher Chenery. Secretariat the U.S. Triple Crown champion in 1973 was owned and bred by the same stable.Riva Ridge’s name came from Chenery’s son-in-law John Tweedy who was a soldier in World War II at the important strategic victory by the U.S.

award
American Champion Older Male Horse, American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse
breeder
Christopher Chenery
colour
Bay (horse)
country
United States
damsire
Heliopolis (horse)
grandsire
Turn-To
honours
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, Woody Stephens Stakes
owner
Penny Chenery
race
Kentucky Derby, Garden State Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Massachusetts Handicap, Laurel Futurity Stakes, Stuyvesant Handicap, Brooklyn Handicap, Blue Grass Stakes, Champagne Stakes (United States), Hollywood Derby, Belmont Futurity Stakes, Flash Stakes
sex
Stallion
sire
First Landing (horse)
trainer
Lucien Laurin

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