Al Boum Photo: Dual Cheltenham Gold Cup hero's "appetite for racing as good as ever"
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Al Boum Photo won the New Year's Day Chase at Tramore and the Cheltenham Gold Cup last year. Willie Mullins-trained 10-year-old won it again this year, but lost the blue riband to Minella Indo. A Plus Tard suffered a defeat during the Christmas holiday. Danny Mullin's nephew, Paul Townend, rode Stormy Ireland to victory in the Grade 2 Dornan Engineering Relkeel Hurdle at Chelteham.