A WEEK after his full-brother Presenting Percy (Sir Percy) landed the Grade 1 RSA Chase at Cheltenham, his full-brother was born at breeder Johnny Weatherby’s Preston Lodge Stud in Oakham, Rutland. Johnny and his farm were the subject of a profile in this column on April 22nd, 2017.

The dam of Presenting Percy is Hunca Munca (Presenting) and she was sourced in Ireland by Aidan Murphy and the late ‘Duke’ himself, David Nicholson. Could she be the second mare in the immediate family to breed a Gold Cup winner? She is related to War Of Attrition and to a number of ther good performers.