Nico de Boinville

Nico de Boinville: “He could just surprise a few people here.”

2.30pm Punchestown Ionian He clearly needs to improve a fair bit to win this, but we have always thought he is a better horse than.

Nicky Henderson

Nicky Henderson: “He is the most wonderful person to have around the place, and we all love him dearly.”

SANDOWN 2:55 G1 Celebration Chase Jonbon (Nico De Boinville) This tends to be his seasonal swansong, and we deliberately missed Aintree to come here. Two.

Nico de Boinville

Nico de Boinville : “It’d be great for him to finish the season on another Grade 1 high.”

2.55pm Sandown Jonbon It’d be great for him to finish the season on another Grade 1 high, as he did in this race in 2023.

Nicky Henderson

Nicky Henderson: “This is a very suitable race due to the fact it’s for horses that have won just one race and I expect him to go quite nicely.”

AYR 1:45 Califet En Vol (James Bowen) At the time of writing, he is also running on today but we’ve backed horses up before like.

Nicky Henderson

Nicky Henderson: “His record at Aintree is good and if he can bounce back, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him go close.”

SATURDAY AINTREE 1:20 H’Cap Hurdle BOLD ENDEAVOUR (JAMES BOWEN) He ran very well in the Pertemps at Cheltenham after coming down to a competitive rating.

Nico de Boinville

Nico de Boinville: “He is back over hurdles and off a mark we hope he can be competitive off.”

1.20pm Aintree Jeriko Du Reponet I obviously wasn’t on him in the Kim Muir but it is fair to say he didn’t run up to.

Nico de Boinville

Nico de Boinville: “He has his chance on ground that will suit”

1.45pm Aintree Joyeuse She clearly ran well, in first-time cheekpieces that are retained here, when third in the County Hurdle last time but unfortunately she.

Nicky Henderson

Nicky Henderson: “I think she must have a seriously good chance”

1:45 H’Cap Hurdle JOYEUSE (NICO DE BOINVILLE) We tried her over two and a half in the Mares’ Hurdle a couple of years and she.

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