Jumps addicts will delight in the return of JONBON (2.55) who can make a winning comeback at Cheltenham today. The Nicky Henderson-trained star could go off at surprisingly generous odds, at anywhere near his ante-post price of Evens, to complete a hat-trick of wins in the Shloer Chase, having scored at 1-3 and 4-9 previously.
There are blemishes in the 10-time Grade 1 winner’s record at Cheltenham but three of his four defeats at the track have come at the Festival and he finished second each time. His class should shine through. With heavy rain forecast for the first day of a three day meeting CAN YOU CALL (1.45), for whom Brian Hughes is an eye catching booking, can take advantage of a slight drop in the weights to take the Veterans Chase.
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DOUBLE POWERFUL (2.20, NAP) won six times over hurdles and looked like he could reach an even higher level over fences with a solid first effort over the course last month. He can get off the mark in this new sphere in the novices’ chase.
HEADS UP (3.30), runner-up in the Champion Bumper in March and off the mark over obstacles in September, is the pick in the Grade 2 novices’ hurdle.
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