Boston Rover lands second chase win in unfortunate circumstances The Gordon Elliott trained Boston Rover recorded a second career win over fences in rather unfortunate circumstances when staying on strongly to land the Killarney Towers Hotel & Leisure Centre Novice Chase. A winner of his Beginners' Chase at Roscommon last time, the 9/4f was prominent from the off under Jack Kennedy. Chasing recent Galway winner Turnpike Trip for much of the contest, Boston Rover was left in the lead after the Charles Byrnes trained gelding pulled up injured after jumping three out. Boston Rover kept on well from the penultimate fence to win by three-and-a-quarter lengths. Jack Kennedy reported: "I don't know what would have happened (had Turnpike Trip not gone wrong) and while we had gone steady and my lad would have stayed galloping, Charles Byrnes' horse might have been a quicker horse. It was unfortunate for them. "Boston Rover is a nice horse and hopefully can keep progressing. Sometimes he has his own way of jumping but when he is right, he is quick to the other side of a fence." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes.
