THERE is a lovely story behind the success of What Adaay at Bellewstown last week. The five-year-old mare is trained in Navan by Pat Martin, who filled us in on the background.

“She was the last horse bought at auction by my late father-in-law, Tom Brennan. He bought her as a foal in Newmarket for just 1,200gns. She broke her leg as a two-year-old. Warren Schofield of Lisadell performed successful surgery on her and Tom subsequently gave the filly to my son, Jack.”