RICHARD Rohan sourced the 14-year-old Mystic Masie as a foal for Brian and Cheryl Byrne in Midleton, paying €17,000 for the daughter of Turgeon (Caro) at Tattersalls Ireland in 2008.

At the time of her purchase the filly was a half-sister to three winners, Narock (Great Palm) being the best of them and he was runner-up in a Grade 2 Chase at Auteuil. The investment was made to look even better thanks to the filly’s then two-year-old half-brother Toubab (Martaline) going on to win a listed hurdle race and placing in both the Grade 1 Tolworth Hurdle and finishing runner-up in the Grade 1 Maghull Novices’ Chase at Aintree.