By Neil Evans
He had a fragmented start to his career, and a few setbacks after that, but talented four-year-old Boston City finally looks set to fulfil his potential at Thursday’s feature Gosford meeting.
In fact, in less than a year, the lightly raced son of group 1 winner Brazen Beau has almost had as many trainers as starts.
Sterling Alexiou and Gerald Ryan.Credit:Getty
Originally in the Mick Price and Michael Kent jnr stable in Victoria, Boston City was on the road in March last year, even before he’d had a trial.
Next stop was the Brad Widdup yard at Hawkesbury, yet after a very plain trial, he did little in a home maiden debut, dropping out from the turn as a despised market outsider.
Another home beckoned, and Boston City headed into town, this time with the Gerald Ryan-Sterling Alexiou camp at Rosehill. The performance switch was seemingly flicked in the heart of last winter.
The stable charged up his work, and made a stack of gear changes, including adding a crossover noseband, lugging bit, and pre-race ear muffs.
His wardrobe alterations in place, Boston City duly won a Rosehill trial as a late-season three-year-old before charging home from well back to miss narrowly on debut at Hawkesbury.
Two more close-up efforts in the new season led to another spell, but he looked a more powerful sprinter when he came back in late December to finish close-up in a strong metro class maiden trial.
Resuming at Kembla just 12 days ago, Boston City was somewhat luckless, finishing hard from midfield to be beaten only a long neck after being held up and cluttered away from an inside draw.
That effort, though, smacked of a galloper who has turned the corner for his long list of owners, although he may face an even bigger challenge in a Maiden Hcp over 1200m at Gosford.
Boston City has again drawn the fence on an even smaller and tighter-turning track, but on the plus side, heavyweight and stronger jockey Josh Parr takes control.
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