Risk Taking, a Grade 3 winner who ran in the 2021 Preakness Stakes, will continue his on-track career in the Mid-Atlantic after selling for $75,000 on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of All Ages Sale.
Bloodstock agent Chris Gracie signed the ticket on the 4-year-old son of Medaglia d'Oro, who entered last year's Triple Crown chase following a 3 3/4 length victory in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. After finishing out-of-the-money in the G2 Wood Memorial, Risk Taking traveled to Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness Stakes, where he finished eighth behind upset winner Rombauer.
Chad Brown previously trained Risk Taking for owner Klaravich Stables. Gracie declined to name the new East Coast-based owner after the fall of the hammer, and he said a decision on the colt's next trainer would be made later.
“He's a classy horse, and he had some conditions left,” Gracie said. “We liked what we saw when we saw him in the flesh.”
The Withers was the most recent win for Risk Taking, who has missed the board in his seven subsequent starts. His most recent race was a 10th-place finish in a Churchill Downs optional claiming race on June 5.
In total, Risk Taking has won two of 11 starts for earnings of $217,556.
Risk Taking is out of the stakes-placed Distorted Humor mare Run a Risk, from the family of Grade 1 winners Seeking the Gold, Fast Play, and Stacked Pack.
Elite Sales consigned Risk Taking, as agent.
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