THE £33,000 and patience invested by Donnchadh Doyle in the French-bred Dlauro paid off in spectacular fashion at Ascot on Thursday when the now five-year-old sold to Joseph O’Brien for a record £410,000. The price narrowly eclipsed the £400,000 mark set about an hour earlier following the sale of another French-bred, Envoi Allen, from Colin Bowe’s yard to Tom Malone, and represents the highest price ever for a five-year-old point-to-pointer.