King Under No Illusions As Edwardstone Faces Old Foe Jonbon

Alan King is excited to continue Edwardstone's journey when he locks horns with old opponent Jonbon as soon as again on Saturday as both featured among the six declarations for the Chase.


The duo have actually routinely taken on over 2 miles through their professions, now do fight over a brand-new range, with Edwardstone getting here off the back of a heartfelt success in the Silviniaco Conti Chase at Kempton last month.


King said: "The old kid seems in great kind. I would have preferred slightly much better ground, however it is the method it is and we'll see how he gets on.


"It was terrific to see him win at Kempton last time and his interest and work at home is nearly as good as it has actually always been, it was beautiful to see him get his head in front once again. It offered myself and the entire group a big quantity of pleasure.


"There is a lot of prize-money up for grabs and we'll see if we can get a piece. We're under no impressions about taking on the 2 big guns so we'll see how we get on."


Jonbon has actually won 2 Melling Chases over an intermediate trip and having needed every backyard of the minimum range when notching back-to-back Clarence House Chase victories at this track last time out, is reunited with Nico de Boinville at a venue where he has an impressive record.


Edwardstone rolled back the years at Kempton (Steven Paston/PA)


Edwardstone are Jonbon 12 and 10 respectively and they are participated in the line-up by another elder statesman, with Paul Nicholls' 11-year-old Pic D'orhy bidding to win the race for a record third time having taken home initially reward for the last two seasons.


Dan Skelton runs Heltenham, with stablemates Etalon and Riskintheground losing out, with Jennie Candlish's Classic Maestro and Blow Your Wad on launching for Gary and Josh Moore finishing the line-up.