THE eye-catching grey Patronus has had four EI runs to date, and has yet to record a jumping error. Slowly produced by Antonia Ward to be placed fourth this weekend, this consistent son of Cobra (dam by Diamond Lad) was sourced as a just backed four-year-old from Larry Murphy in Co Wicklow.

“We watched him jump and bought him on the spot,” said Ronan Kinsella, who co-owns the gelding with his partner Ward, and his sister Jane.