Al Boum Photo is a dark bay gelding with a small white star, and was bred in France by Emmanuel Clayeux & Jacky Rauch.

In March 2018 Al Boum Photo made his first appearance at the Cheltenham Festival, where he was ridden by Walsh in the Novices' Chase and fell at the second last.

His final race of the season, the Champion Novices Chase at the Punchestown Festival, ended in a bizarre incident when he was in the lead approaching the last and jockey Townend mistakenly thought the fence had to be bypassed.

[2] Al Boum Photo ended the season with second place in the Punchestown Gold Cup, beaten two lengths by stablemate Kemboy.

[2] In the 2021/22 season Al Boum Photo was entered for the same three races, resulting in a fourth consecutive win in the Savills Chase at Tramore, and sixth and third places in the Gold Cups at Cheltenham and Punchestown.

In the Punchestown Gold Cup he was ridden by Bryan Cooper while his regular jockey Townend took the ride on favourite and winner Allaho.