KIERAN Cotter’s £16,000 investment in Synthe Davis a decade ago has certainly reaped rewards. This was at the Doncaster January Sale in 2014, the next renewal of which takes place this week.

A daughter of Saint Des Saints (Cadoudal), Synthe Davis had been purchased as a two-year-old for €61,000 at Arqana, ran a few times in France without distinction, and was then sent into training with Nicky Henderson, carrying the colours of Sir Robert Ogden.