Derby and Belmont Winner

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Riva Ridge, b.c., 1979
(First Landing-Iberia, by Heliopolis)
DP 19-4-7-2-2, DI 3.53, CD 1.06

First Landing Turn-to (B/I) Royal Charger (B) Nearco (B/C)
Sun Princess
Source Sucree Admiral Drake (P)
Lavendula
Hildene Bubbling Over North Star III
Beaming Beauty
Fancy Racket Wrack
Ultimate Fancy
Iberia Heliopolis (B) Hyperion (B/C) Gainsborough (C)
Selene
Drift Swynford (C)
Santa Cruz
War East Easton Dark Legend
Phaona
Warrior Lass Man o' War (S)
Sweetheart

Lifetime: Raced three years; Record 30-17-3-1; $1,111,497
Career Highlights: At 2 (champion two-year-old colt), Champagne Stakes, Futurity Stakes, Pimlico-Laurel Futurity, Garden State Stakes, Flash Stakes; At 3, Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Blue Grass Stakes, Hollywood Derby, Hibiscus Stakes; At 4, Brooklyn Handicap-G1, Stuyvesant Handicap-G2, Massachusetts Handicap-G2, Etr Suffolk Downs 9.00f 1:48.1, Ntr and Nwr Aqueduct 9.50f 1:52.2, Ntr Aqueduct 9.00f 1:47.0
Inbreeding Thru 4 Generations: None
Sire Line: Turn-to; Family Number: 1