C1 | 5+
Winner GBP £225,080 - 8 runners
1m 7f 199y
Going: Good to Soft
Surface: T
All three JONBON (4) defeats have come at this venue. The nine-time G1 winner represents trainer Nicky Henderson and can set the record straight at this Cheltenham Festival. Beginning to receive the credit he deserves and can complete a G1 hat-trick with fences following victories in the Tingle Creek at Sandown and Clarence House at Ascot. SOLNESS (8) received a bold ride off the front landing the 2m1f G1 Dublin Chase at Leopardstown. Dangerous if allowed to dictate matters. Runner-up in that Leopardstown G1 was MARINE NATIONALE (6) who remains lightly raced tackling fences. Could have more to give revisiting the scene of his G1 Supreme Novices Hurdle success last season. ENERGUMENE (2) cannot be ruled out as a two-time winner of this contest racing for Willie Mullins.