Sire de Grugy (foaled 21 June 2006) is 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. Background Sire de Grugy is a chestnut horse with a broad white blaze bred by La Grugerie stud at Pouancé, Maine-et-Loire in France. He was sired by the Thoroughbred stallion My Risk who won seven races including the Prix Quincey, Prix Perth, Prix Edmond Blanc and Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord. Apart from Sire de Grugy, the best of his progeny has been the flat racer No Risk At All who won La Coupe and the Grand Prix de Vichy-Auvergne. Sire de Grugy's dam Hirlish, was not a Thoroughbred, being descended from La Camargo, a mare of unknown parentage, whose descendants have been classified as AQPS or Selle Français. As a fiftieth-birthday present, the friends and family of the businessman Steve Preston contributed to a fund which was to be used to buy a racehorse. Preston approached the trainer Gary Moore who agreed to pay 25% of the purchase price providing that he was allowed full control of the horses career. The trainer's son Jamie Moore, located Sire de Grugy as a likely prospect but the asking price of €50,000 required further financial help from Preston's associates and the horse became the property of the Preston Family & Friends Syndicate. The gelding was sent into training with Moore at Lower Beeding in West Sussex. He was ridden in all but two of his races by Jamie Moore. Racing career 2010/2011 National Hunt season: National Hunt Flat races and Novice hurdles Sire de Grugy began his racing career by finishing second in a National Hunt Flat race at Sandown Park Racecourse on 6 November 2010. He made his debut over obstacles in