Presenting Percy was bred at Preston Lodge Stud owned by Sir Johnny Weatherby, best known as chairman of Weatherbys and the Queens racing representative at Ascot.[1]
Initially trained by Patrick Kelly, Presenting Percy scored his first victory in April 2016 at Ballinrobe in a bumper.[2] He followed this up with three more victories in Ireland before winning the 2017 Pertemps Final at the Cheltenham Festival.[3]
After finishing sixth of eight at Punchestown a month later, Presenting Percy started the new season again with three victories in Ireland. At this Festival he would win the 2018 Grade 1 RSA Chase by a commanding 7 lengths.[4]
A 316-day break resulted in a return at Gowran Park with victory in a Grade 2 hurdle, and at Cheltenham in March he attempted to win the Gold Cup - a race he went off as favourite [5]- finishing 8th.[6] A year later he would attempt the race again, this time falling.
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Following the fall, training duties were taken over by Gordon Elliott.[8] Presenting Percy's final victory would come in November 2020 at Thurles. He was due to continue with preparation races for The Gold Cup at Cheltenham [9] and the Grand National at Aintree but a leg infection ruled him out.[10]
Presenting Percy died in April 2021 aged 10 due to a blood infection.[11]