“He was just overcoming Puffs when he got a blood disorder as well and his temperature reached 39.5 degrees,” Comerford said.
“Because he couldn’t sweat we had to keep hosing him down to cool him off.
“He lost all his hair at one stage but once the cooler weather came he eventually began to sweat again.”
Hell Of A Boy – a Graham Kliese mount – was nominated for the Cleveland Bay Handicap in Townsville but missed out securing a start.
“He didn’t get a run in the Cleveland Bay but he got a run in the Consolation race and was only beaten a neck by O’mudgee,” Comerford said.
“I took him to Bowen and backed him up a week later when he ran fifth to Valley Of Dreams but we think he was looking for further.