Joncol sees off Cooldine in Hennessy thriller

PAUL NOLAN’S decision to change tactics with Joncol worked a treat as Alain Cawley brought him with a withering challenge to beat the gambled-on Cooldine in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown yesterday.

Joncol looked all over a winner of the Lexus on this track previously, before weakening to finish third behind What A Friend and Money Trix.

Nolan reasoned that, on his orders, Cawley had made too much use of the seven-year-old on that occasion and such behaviour was not to be repeated.