El Rio (2017) Horse

Foal Date

13-Apr-17

Colour

bay

Sire

Elusive Pimpernel

Dam

Princess Jaffa

Prize Money

76748

Trainer

K C Bailey

Owners

Rio Grandees

About

Perth R4 Paul Ferguson's Jumpers To Follow David Whitaker Handicap Chase (GBB Race) — El Rio is a 9yo bay horse trained by K C Bailey. He is by the stallion Elusive Pimpernel out of Princess Jaffa. To date, El Rio has secured five victories. On 7 February 2025 at Kempton, he captured his biggest triumph, winning the $21,642.00 Class 3 Handicap Chase. He has been a rewarding runner for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 63% return on investment.

Raced At

Market Rasen • Huntingdon • Kempton • Sandown

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Market Rasen 28-Sep-25 4310m GOOD R4 CL3 HcpCh $4,350 (of $18,908), Winning Time: 05:30.670, SP: 3.75 1st Coastguard Station ( S Bowen 153 ) 2nd Mahons Glory ( L Edwards 168 ) 8.00L 3rd El Rio ( T Bellamy 165 ) 9.25L See full resultsT Bellamy 74.8kg 9.25L3 (6)
Huntingdon 03-Mar-25 4000m SOFT R5 CL3 HcpCh $7,387 (of $32,107), Winning Time: 05:04.370, SP: 2.25 1st Lounge Lizard ( S Twiston-davies 160 ) 2nd Dibble Decker ( S Sheppard 152 ) 0.75L 3rd El Rio ( T Bellamy 164 ) 6.75L See full resultsT Bellamy 74.4kg 6.75L3 (6)
Kempton 07-Feb-25 4120m SOFT R6 CL3 HcpCh $23,184 (of $23,184), Winning Time: 08:39.830, SP: 5.00 Made all, pecked 1st, pushed along before 2 out, stayed on relentlessly, readily 1st El Rio ( T Bellamy 156 ) 2nd Triple Trade ( B Powell 152 ) 7.00L 3rd Flegmatik ( H Skelton 159 ) 8.00L See full resultsT Bellamy 70.8kg1 (10)
Kempton 26-Dec-24 4120m GOOD R1 CL3 NvHcpCh $6,101 (of $26,513), Winning Time: 05:07.500, SP: 12.00 Prominent, not fluent 9th, mistake when disputing 2nd 2 out, 3rd and held flat 1st Leader In The Park ( B Jones 154 ) 2nd Asta La Pasta ( H Skelton 164 ) 1.25L 3rd El Rio ( T Bellamy 162 ) 2.50L See full resultsT Bellamy 73.5kg 2.50L3 (8)
Sandown 10-Nov-24 4030m GOOD R2 CL3 HcpCh $15,253 (of $15,341), Winning Time: 08:36.470, SP: 3.50 Jumped well, made all, 4 lengths ahead when went right last, ridden and stayed on strongly run-in 1st El Rio ( C Gethings 167 ) 2nd Passing Well ( G Sheehan 168 ) 4.25L 3rd Mole Court ( B Jones 167 ) 0.20L See full resultsC Gethings 75.8kg1 (6)