| R3 GB - SANDOWN PARK | 27 April 2024 |
| Bet365 Celebration Chase (Grade 1) (Gbb Race) G1 5U CHSE ($308,540), 3118m 3:48.00 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 6. JONBON (FR) 8yo Gelding | NICKY J. HENDERSON NICO DE BOINVILLE | 74.5 $2.88 | |||||||
| WALK IN THE PARK (IRE) - STAR FACE (FR) | ||||||||||
| JOHN P MCMANUS | 2nd | 4. EL FABIOLO (FR) 7yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS P TOWNEND | 74.5 $1.67 | ||||||
| SPANISH MOON (USA) - SAINTE MANTE (FR) | ||||||||||
| SIMON MUNIR & ISAAC SOUEDE | 3rd | 3. EDWARDSTONE (GB) 10yo Gelding | ALAN KING TOM CANNON | 74.5 $11.00 | ||||||
| KAYF TARA (GB) - NOTHINGTOLOOSE (IRE) | ||||||||||
| ROBERT ABREY, IAN THURTLE | ||||||||||
| 4th | 1. BOOTHILL (IRE) 9yo Gelding | H FRY JONATHAN BURKE | 74.5 $41.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 7. NUBE NEGRA (SPA) 10yo Gelding | DAN SKELTON HARRY SKELTON | 74.5 $41.00 | |||||||
| 99th | 5. ELIXIR DE NUTZ (FR) 10yo Gelding | JOE TIZZARD FREDDIE GINGELL | 74.5 $67.00 | |||||||
| 99th | 2. EDITEUR DU GITE (FR) 10yo Gelding | GARY MOORE NIALL HOULIHAN | 74.5 $81.00 | |||||||
Jonbon emerged a convincing victor in his long-awaited clash with El Fabiolo in the bet365
Celebration Chase at Sandown. The pair had initially been due to meet in the Clarence House Chase at Ascot back in January only to be scuppered by the weather, while a possible Queen Mother Champion Chase face-off did not happen as Jonbon was ruled out by trainer Nicky Henderson during a tough period when his stable was under a cloud. 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. Ridden with supreme confidence by Nico de Boinville, Jonbon (15-8) fairly flew up the straight, clearing the last with a good advantage and galloped home four lengths in front of the 4-6 favourite El Fabiolo, who made a couple of jumping errors as he failed to atone for a costly mistake at Cheltenham that had seen him pulled up in the Champion Chase. El Fabiolo’s second place prize-money did at least ensure Willie Mullins was crowned champion trainer.#horseracingtote #horse #horses
