Joncol back with a bang

THE potentially top-class Joncol, a horse who has been plagued by problems, made a fine start to the season when taking the John Meagher Memorial Chase at Thurles yesterday.

“He’s always had problems and this is the first time we have had no hiccups with him”, reported trainer Paul Nolan.

Cooldine tried to make all of the running and they were tactics which looked destined to succeed turning for home. Joncol was under strong Barry Geraghty pressure, but to his credit found loads and forged past Cooldine between the last two fences to score going away by 12 lengths.