Jonbon gets the job done at Haydock

Nick Robson
January 22, 2022 1:57 pm

Douvan’s brother stays unbeaten with ultimately clear-cut success.

Jonbon maintained his unbeaten record with a workmanlike victory in the Sky Bet Supreme Trial Rossington Main Novices’ Hurdle at Haydock.

A GBP 570,000 purchase by owner JP McManus after winning an Irish point-to-point, the full-brother to the mighty Douvan had since won a bumper and a maiden hurdle at Newbury and a Grade Two event at Ascot.

Nicky Henderson’s charge was the 2-5 favourite to double his Grade Two tally on Merseyside – and while it was not entirely straightforward, he ultimately got the job done in good style.

The unbeaten Jonbon is made to work for it but is ultimately too good for his rivals in the Grade 2 @SkyBet Supreme Trial Rossington Main Novices’ Hurdle, forging clear under a penalty to score in the hands of @AidanColeman for trainer @sevenbarrows 🥇 pic.twitter.com/wr8jVBOQKN
— Haydock Park Races (@haydockraces) January 22, 2022

After travelling freely behind the pacesetting pair of Richmond Lake and Donny Boy for much of the two-mile contest, Aidan Coleman asked Jonbon to move closer at the third flight from the finish, when he ran into the back of Donny Boy and had to switch inside.

Richmond Lake was still in with every chance at the final obstacle, as was Might I, who was last seen chasing home Jonbon’s stablemate Constitution Hill at Sandown.

Just for a moment it looked like Richmond Lake might make a real race of it, but Jonbon found another gear after Coleman drew the whip and was three lengths clear at the line.