Promising stayer Boston Bob bolts up

BOSTON Bob and Zaidpour provided Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh with a big-race double at Navan yesterday, where the three scheduled chases were belatedly cancelled due to patches of frozen ground.

The chase track was a cause of concern from early morning, even when the hurdle course passed an 8am inspection. Further inspections and monitoring followed until 2pm. when a decision to abandon the three chases was made and the public, largely unaware of the ongoing doubt earlier, was infor med.

But supporters of the in-form Mullins/Walsh partnership had no complaints, following the earlier success of Boston Bob in the Grade 1 Navan Novice Hurdle and 1/3 shot Zaidpour in the opening Tara Hurdle (Grade 2).