CHELTENHAM: Mullins hoping Bob can improve

Willie Mullins admits Boston Bob needs to improve significantly on what he has achieved so far over fences to claim Wednesday’s RSA Chase at Cheltenham.

The eight-year-old has always been held in very high regard by the Irish champion trainer and was considered one of the bankers of last year’s Festival when beaten by the ill-fated Brindisi Breeze in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle.

He scraped home when a 1-5 favourite on his chasing debut at Navan in December, but showed improvement when getting up right on the line at Leopardstown last month.