Iberico Lord completes a Great day for Henderson
Jonbon win quickly followed up in valuable Cheltenham hurdle.
Iberico Lord came out on top for Nico de Boinville and Nicky Henderson in the Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham. The five-year-old was a 7-1 chance under 11st and travelled well among a busy field of 15, galloping into contention at the foot of the hill and running gamely to the line to reel in Neil King’s Lookaway. Lookaway was second at 12-1, with Henderson also responsible for the third-placed horse in Luccia (6-1). Henderson – still on a high after brilliant win of the also JP McManus-owned Jonbon in the Shloer Chase just 35 minutes earlier – said: “We wanted to get a team assembled for this meeting as JP was coming back for it so we gathered a few of the troops together for the weekend with Impose Toi and these two and it has paid off. “Under Control, who is going for the Gerry Feilden at Newbury, beat him at Sandown fair and square and there was no fluke about it. I thought he was very good to start with, then he fell on his second start for us, then his wind didn’t work in his next one and then everything went wrong, but we got him there at the end of the day.Iberico Lord gets up late to win the Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle
A superb surge carries @NdeBoinville to back-to-back wins It’s been quite a half an hour for the green and gold!#ITVRacing | @sevenbarrows pic.twitter.com/GV0T7NC5zU — ITV Racing (@itvracing) November 19, 2023
✅ Iberico Lord provides Nicky Henderson with his first Greatwood Hurdle victory
✅ Jonbon storms to success in the Shloer Chase 🟢🟡 It’s been a fantastic afternoon for @sevenbarrows, Nico de Boinville and JP McManus at @CheltenhamRaces!pic.twitter.com/vsitsFTlAa — Sporting Life Racing (@SportingLife) November 19, 2023
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