King Under No Illusions As Edwardstone Faces Old Foe Jonbon

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


The duo have routinely taken on over 2 miles through their professions, today do battle over a brand-new range, with Edwardstone arriving 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, but it is the method it is and we'll see how he gets on.


"It was great to see him win at Kempton last time and his interest and work at home is nearly as great as it has constantly been, it was beautiful to see him get his head in front again. It gave myself and the entire team a big 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 impressions about handling the two big guns so we'll see how we get on."


Jonbon has actually won 2 Melling Chases over an intermediate trip and having actually needed every yard of the minimum range when notching back-to-back Clarence House Chase triumphes 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)


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 3rd time having taken home initially reward for the last 2 seasons.


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