MARESCA Sorrento is not a name that is very familiar, yet the stallion has left a mark on the sport of National Hunt racing as the sire of the 2014 Aintree Grand National winner Pineau De Re. The gelding was an emphatic winner of the race from Balthazar King.

That victory came in the same year that the son of Cadoudal (Green Dancer) began a three-year stint at Haras du Lion, following a long time standing at Rousselière where he retired in 2002. He died two years ago at the age of 22 following a severe bout of colic.