Riskaway

That single win came at Thurles in November 2025, and by the account of jockey Jack Kennedy, it was far from straightforward. The race was tactical and scrappy — horses jumping over each other, no one wanting to lead, the kind of messy contest where a horse can easily get swallowed up. Riskaway didn't. Kennedy described it as a cat-and-mouse race, and Riskaway handled it coolly, despite stumbling after one hurdle. The fact that the horse still won tidily in those conditions, and that Kennedy immediately flagged that two and a half miles suited — with more distance potentially to come — suggests a horse still finding its feet and still improving.

What adds real intrigue is something Elliott said a month before that win. On a stable tour in October, he remarked that Riskaway was better than people had seen so far — a quiet but deliberate signal from a trainer who has plenty of horses to talk about and no reason to oversell one. That kind of assessment, followed shortly by a win, carries a bit more weight in hindsight.

Riskaway's recent form — finishing fourth, then second, then winning — points in the right direction. This is a horse on an upward curve, trained by a yard firing on all cylinders, with a jockey who believes there is more to come over longer distances. One win from nine might look modest on paper, but the story around that win — and the people telling it — suggests Riskaway is only just getting started.