Jonbon to face Monmiral at Warwick on Wednesday

No easy task for Nicky Henderson’s Supreme runner-up.

All eyes will be on Warwick on Wednesday afternoon, with both Jonbon and Monmiral declared for the Highflyer Bloodstock Novices’ Chase.

Jonbon’s only defeat so far came in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, when he was second to his Nicky Henderson-trained stablemate Constitution Hill.

The JP McManus-owned gelding – a full-brother to Douvan – went from Cheltenham to pick up Grade One honours at Aintree, where Paul Nicholls’ Monmiral finished runner-up to Epatante in the Aintree Hurdle having been a Grade One juvenile winner at the National meeting himself last year.

Adding further spice to the two-mile contest is the presence of Dan Skelton’s West Cork, a classy hurdler in his own right who was second to Stage Star here over two and a half miles on his fencing bow.

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