SHOW jumping at David Broome’s Wales & West Event Centre last Sunday, Brian Sweetnam missed seeing Papal Present carry his colours to victory at Dromahane but the London-based banker was since able to inspect the bay as he and his son Finn rode out for trainer Michael Winters during this past week.
Brian, who had the talented Rebel Fitz with Winters, bred the Presenting gelding out of the non-winning Oscar mare Freila Shawley. She is a half-sister to the Saddlers’ Hall gelding Teaatral, whose 15 wins included a pair of Grade 2 hurdles, the nine-time winner Mister Rm (by Dominion) and to the dams of multiple winners Penitent, Supplicant and Two Taffs. Papal Present was the mare’s second foal and he was followed by a 2014 Flemensfirth filly and colts in 2016 and 2017 by Getaway.
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