Sire De Grugy | |
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Sire | My Risk |
Grandsire | Take Risks |
Dam | Hirlish |
Damsire | Passing Sale |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 21 June 2006 |
Died | August 2023 | (aged 17)
Country | France |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | La Grugerie |
Owner | Preston Family & Friends |
Trainer | Gary Moore |
Record | 42: 17-7-3 2: 0-1-0 (NHF) 11: 4-1-3 (hurdles) 29: 13-5-0 (fences) |
Earnings | £885,446 |
Major wins | |
Dovecote Novices' Hurdle (2011) Celebration Chase (2013, 2014) Tingle Creek Chase (2013, 2015) Desert Orchid Chase (2013) Clarence House Chase (2014) Queen Mother Champion Chase (2014) | |
Awards | |
British Jump Racing Horse of the Year (2014) |
Sire De Grugy (21 June 2006 – August 2023) was a French-bred, British-trained Selle Français racehorse who competed in National Hunt racing. He showed promise in his early career, winning the Dovecote Novices' Hurdle at Kempton Park Racecourse in 2011 and emerged as a top class performer with a win in the Celebration Chase in April 2013. In the 2013–14 National Hunt season he established himself as the leading two-mile steeplechaser in Britain, winning the Tingle Creek Chase, Desert Orchid Chase, Clarence House Chase and the Queen Mother Champion Chase. He continued to run in top-class two-mile steeplechases without fully recapturing his 2013–14 form, winning one race in each of the following three seasons including a second win in the Tingle Creek Chase, before being retired in December 2017.