Boston’s Gift upsurge came as a major surprise

HORSES can make liars of you at times and it happened to me again during the week, although in this case, I was quite happy about it all.

It was a bit of a revelation really when Boston’s Gift finished second in the beginners’ chase at Naas on Wednesday. He had shown absolutely nothing throughout his career but we schooled him over fences and he jumped really well.

He was drinking in the last-chance saloon at this stage but now the plans have had to be revised because he just seems to be a completely different animal over fences.