Bostons an RSA Angel

Bostons Angel provided Robert Power and Jessica Harrington with quick compensation for the unlucky defeat of Oscars Well when edging out compatriot Jessies Dream in a tight finish to the RSA Chase.

Oscars Well was in front when stumbling badly after the last in the previous Neptune Investment Management Novices Hurdle but Bostons Angel put the smile back on connections with a hard-earned victory.

With 7/4 favourite Time For Rupert running a largely lifeless race before staying on late to finish fifth, and Mikael D'Haguenet and Quel Esprit both fallers, the stage was set for a shock.

Bostons Angel was sent off at 16/1, despite a couple of Grade 1 triumphs, but he jumped with aplomb and was bang there turning for home.

Jessies Dream loomed up as a big danger, but it was Bostons Angel who found most up the hill to score by a neck. Wayward Prince was just three quarters of a length away in third, with Magnanimity only a nose further back fourth.

Timmy Murphy, rider of Jessies Dream, was hit with a six day ban for using his whip with excessive frequency and not giving the horse time to respond.

Power said: "I thought Oscars Well was my best chance of the week - he was terribly unlucky. This lad is as tough as nails and he never knows when he's beat.

"At the top of the hill I was going nowhere, I set him alight at the bottom of the hill and he galloped all the way to the line."

Harrington said: "He's so tough, unbelievable. I've been saying all along he wants three miles and the tougher it is the better he likes it. I actually thought the Midlands National was the race for him. He proved me wrong so we came here.

"I always had a sneaky feeling he was the right horse for this race. He stays really well, he jumps soundly and you can kick him into every fence and he gets himself right.

"He's very easy on himself. He doesn't like having his head in front for too long and he just does enough."