Jonbon won the bet365 Celebration Chase at Sandown on Saturday for trainer Nicky Henderson under Nico de Boinville
JP McManus made sure recently retired jockey Aidan Coleman was front and centre for the celebrations as Jonbon won the bet365 Celebration Chase at Sandown on Saturday.
However, the Seven Barrows team has been resurgent in recent weeks with Jonbon quickly back in action after a hard-fought win when stepped up to two and a half miles in the Melling Chase at Aintree earlier this month. Henderson said: “I said to Nico after to Fantastic Lady , ‘don’t do that in the next’ as that was meant to make the running and he ended up at the back. He knows he has my full trust but I can’t believe he was ever going to drop this lad out and he didn’t.
“It was just a shame he couldn’t be at Cheltenham because once El Fabiolo had popped out of the race, then it looked winnable from Jonbon’s point of view. He would have to have jumped round himself but he couldn’t because he wasn’t there.
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