No denying Jonny at Haydock
The consistent Come On Jonny again showed plenty of courage when making all to land the 888.com Handicap at Haydock Park today.
Ralph Beckett’s charge, already a battling winner at Doncaster this season, looked beaten when favourite Wild Savannah loomed alongside him at the two-furlong pole in the mile-and-a-half contest.
However, the 7-1 shot kept pulling out more and just would not be denied, eventually prevailing by a head under Brazilian apprentice Nelson de Souza.
“He’s a lovely horse and he kept on going all the way to the line,” said de Souza, who was having his second success from just three rides at the course.
