DAYS after Bandon, Co Cork owner and trainer Padraig Butler won a point-to-point last month with Fons Vivus (Fame And Glory), he offered the then five-year-old for sale on the Tattersalls Online platform, but there were no takers and she was listed as being unsold at 28,000gns.

Given what mares with lesser pedigrees are making, this was a disappointment I’m sure.