Shishkin Wins The Doom Bar Maghull Novices' Chase
Shishkin got to the front early to win the Doom Bar Maghull Novices' Chase
De Boinville explained his decision to go to the front relatively early in the race.
He told ITV Racing: “We were going very steady, and the one thing that Shishkin does is he stays – (so) I wouldn’t want to turn it into a sprint really.
“I certainly had to do all the donkey work there.
“The way the race was run at Cheltenham, it was a hard-fought two miles.
“They went a really good gallop, and that’s when you saw him at his very best – whereas today, I had to do all the donkey work and go out and find those jumps.”
There is no temptation as yet to move up in trip.
“At the moment he’s doing everything we’ve asked of him at two miles – so why fix something that’s not broken?” added De Boinville.
“On a stronger gallop, he’s always going to be better. I think he was just idling going into the last there – and I think he’d have picked up again, which he did.”