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Horse Racing

Thu November 12, 2026 · 30 min ago

Timeform provide an overview of things to note on Friday at Cheltenham.

New jockey for Jonbon

Jonbon’s overall record is difficult to fault – he still hasn’t been out of the first two in 28 starts – though it is possible to pick holes in his Cheltenham record, or at least in how he has performed at the Festival. Despite that, he was sent off favourite for the Ryanair Chase when last seen in March but wasn’t at his best, with his jumping becoming ragged in the last mile, though he did rally to a degree to finish ten lengths behind Heart Wood.

Jonbon can’t be written off altogether at Cheltenham, however, and his record in the Shloer Chase (14:20) is a whole lot better. He won a cracking renewal in impressive fashion from Edwardstone in 2023 and landed the odds again a year later when having to work harder but not needing to be at his best. Last year, Jonbon proved no match for fifteen-length winner L’Eau du Sud, but that was on bottomless ground, and he clearly needed the run more than the winner that day, finishing in front of him when they next met in the Tingle Creek.

That was the first time that Jonbon had been beaten on his reappearance, and Nicky Henderson has reported that he’ll be fitter than last year for his return. Jonbon has to concede 6 lb to his three younger rivals, among whom the talented but fragile Gidleigh Park (pulled up in last season’s Clarence House Chase won by Jonbon) can chase him home if back nearer his best, but Jonbon looks the one to beat again under new jockey Harry Cobden.

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Triple Trade looks best of the veterans

There are some more familiar names in the Jilly Cooper Veterans’ Handicap Chase (14:55) where the weights are headed by Ga Law, a former winner of the Paddy Power Gold Cup at this meeting and runner-up in the same race two years ago. However, he hasn’t gone with much encouragement in his latter starts and others further down the weights make more appeal.

The line-up also includes Outlaw Peter, who won the Final of the Middle-Distance Veterans’ Series at Haydock in the spring, and the unreliable Glengouly who was a 33/1 winner from out of the handicap in the December Gold Cup here last year.

However, the most solid option is Triple Trade for the in-form Joe Tizzard and who has a good record at Cheltenham. He won the two-mile handicap chase at this meeting last year and then dead-heated for third on his next visit to Cheltenham in a premier handicap on Trials Day behind Donnacha and Jagwar. Triple Trade also won a veterans’ handicap at Sandown last season and landed a similar event on his return at Market Rasen last month when getting up late to beat Tommy’s Oscar by a neck. He’s only a couple of pounds higher now, heading the Timeform weight-adjusted ratings, and will have Harry Cobden standing in for the injured Brendan Powell.