King Under No Illusions As Edwardstone Faces Old Foe Jonbon

Alan King is thrilled to continue Edwardstone's journey when he locks horns with old foe Jonbon as soon as again on Saturday as both included amongst the 6 statements for the Betfair Ascot Chase.


The duo have frequently dealt with off over 2 miles through their careers, and now do battle over a new range, with Edwardstone arriving off the back of a heartwarming success in the Silviniaco Conti Chase at Kempton last month.


King said: "The old young boy seems in excellent form. I would have chosen a little much better ground, but it is the method it is and we'll see how he gets on.


"It was excellent to see him win at Kempton last time and his enthusiasm and work at home is nearly as good as it has actually constantly been, it was charming to see him get his head in front once again. It offered myself and the whole team a substantial amount of enjoyment.


"There is a great deal of prize-money up for grabs and we'll see if we can get a piece. We're under no illusions about handling the 2 huge guns so we'll see how we get on."


Jonbon has won two over an intermediate journey and having actually needed every yard of the minimum distance when notching back-to-back Clarence House Chase victories at this track last time out, is reunited with Nico de Boinville at a location where he has an impeccable record.


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


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


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