WHEN Shanagh Bob (Mahler) sold a year ago at the Tattersalls Cheltenham December Sale, it provided quite a fairytale story, and subsequent events have only added to the tale.

The pinhook result of that sale went to the O’Donovan family from Mallow, Co Cork. They bought a Mahler (Galileo) gelding for €10,000 at the 2021 Tattersalls Ireland August Sale and, named Shanagh Bob, he was an impressive winner of a Ballindenisk point-to-point before selling for £200,000 to David Minton of Highflyer Bloodstock.