AL BOUM PHOTO turned heads with an impressive win on his first outing of the season.
Back on the racecourse for the first time since April 2018, Willie Mullins’ seven-year-old was a six-length winner in a high-class renewal of the Savills Chase at Tramore.
Sent off the 2/1 favourite in the hands of Ruby Walsh, Al Boum Photo quickened up with two to jump in the 2m5f chase and then pulled clear after the last.
Total Recall (5/1) followed him home in second place, with Invitation Only (6/1) a further 16 lengths back to make it a 1-2-3 for Mullins.
Al Boum Photo was immediately cut to 16/1 generally for the Gold Cup in Cheltenham in March.
Picture perfect!
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) January 1, 2019
Al Boum Photo completes a Willie Mullins 1-2-3 with a ready win in the Listed Savills Chase @TramoreRaces
Results ➡ https://t.co/7iJOPsdIyZ pic.twitter.com/5HfyaqjoBh
At Cheltenham, Lostintranslation (3/1) and Robbie Power took the big New Year’s Day prize — the Grade 2 Dipper Novices’ Chase.
Colin Tizzard’s charge finished strongest to reel in Defi du Seuil (5/2 2fav) after the last and win by a length and a quarter, with Black Op (3/1) a further six lengths back in third.
Nicky Henderson’s On The Blind Side, sent off the 9/4 favourite, never looked right and trotted up a distant fourth.
Defi Du Seuil trades at 1.01 in-running but Lostintranslation refuses to give up as he rallies in an exciting Betbright Dipper Novices' Chase @CheltenhamRaces
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) January 1, 2019
Results ➡ https://t.co/7iJOPsdIyZ pic.twitter.com/R5tO7nEHbw
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