RENNETI’S racing career included partnerships with the likes of Thierry Jarnet, Pat Smullen, Declan McDonogh, Paul Townend and Ruby Walsh. Claire Farrell was undaunted even with Renneti’s character reference.

While Renneti was a stakes winner on the flat and won eight times in 41 starts including three times over hurdles, he had also developed a reputation as a “character”. No stranger to the biggest stages, he was in the money at Royal Ascot and a winner at Fairyhouse and Galway. However, his 2018 season featured a return to an old trick – he refused to race on two occasions having done the same at Fairyhouse back in 2014.