BRED in Wexford by James and Pat Kinsella, Sober Glory appeared out of the gloom at Newbury on Saturday to retain his unbeaten record, and in the process land the listed bumper. He could be one to watch for in the big Aintree bumper if that proves to be his next target.

Sold as a foal to Mount Eaton Stud for €41,000 at Tattersalls Ireland, the five-year-old Sober Glory failed to take up his appointment with the auctioneers at the Goffs UK Spring Sale, but appeared last year at the Tattersalls Cheltenham May Sale from Cormac Doyle’s Monbeg Stables, and sold to bloodstock agent Tom Malone for £110,000.