Hello, my name is John Cherwa, and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as I thank all you readers for writing the newsletter today. As I mentioned, thanks to all of you who sent in your thoughts on who was the best mudder you’ve ever seen. Here’s what some of you said about River Buoy:“During the early 1970s there was a horse called River Buoy. He'd win by open air and it was truly amazing.”-- Annie Lambert“The best mudder I've ever seen was a former claiming horse named River Buoy (aptly named as he virtually floated over a muddy track), who raced in the early ’70s. ‘His father was a mudder, his mother was a mudder, he loves the slop, he eats the slop.’”-- Dennis McGarryAnd Triple Crown winners …“I'd pick Seattle Slew as my top mudder.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 10, 2018 12:56 UTC