THOSE that did well following The Bostonian across three-straight wins in Queensland last June would have had their interest piqued with the return of the gelding for the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 last Saturday.

The bolder of those would have also stepped in for the 40/1 on offer for the Tony Pike-trained four-year-old, with the markets saturated by the interest in the Everest-bound contenders Nature Strip and Osbourne Bulls.