Red Risk
Race entries
Red Risk was sold at the Osarus sale, as part of a dispersal sale from the owner. He was first flagged up to us by our purchasing agent Toby Jones, immediately following his impressive Auteuil win and given he was entered for the sale, the purchase of Red Risk, was then, simply a case of being in the right place at the right time for us.
Racing update: A high class staying hurdler on his day, he’s been placed in Grade 2 company. He particularly excels first time out of the season - best fresh, as it’s called. He comes back this season, devilishly well handicapped, having been running in Graded races recently and the handicapper has, very kindly, relented. Just touched off in the Lanzarote Hurdle, he could be lethal in a BIG handicap in the New Year. A quality roll of the dice. He finished an incredible 3rd in the Pertemps Network Group Handicap Hurdle at Musselburgh, staying on well in the closing stages, after 261 days off.
He is by the French jumps stallion, No Risk At All: http://reboursiere-montaigu.com/no-risk-at-all/?lang=en. Grade 1 winners Epatante and Esprit Du Large have really put him on the map.
In France, he won his Novice Chase at Auteuil (the 'Cheltenham' of France) by an impressive 4 lengths, sauntering clear from the last, winning eased down in the end. Rarely does any horse win by 4 lengths at a track like Auteuil, but such was his authority that day.
Paul’s French imports just seem to improve, year on year, as he gets to know them better; the French pedigrees seem to particularly suit Paul’s method of training.