Ruby Walsh: Jonbon ready to rock at Aintree
Jonbon was no match for Constitution Hill at Cheltenham but can get back to winning ways at Aintree. Picture: Healy Racing.
Ladies’ Day at Aintree kicks off with a 22-runner handicap hurdle with very little Irish participation. Gordon Elliott’s Tronador bids to follow up his win in this race last year but I like the other Irish runner, Politesse, who is trained by Lorna Fowler.
Some of the mare’s form is really good, including when she beat Fakiera in a maiden hurdle last season at Thurles. We haven’t seen her since she unseated in a Grade 3 chase won by Cape Gentleman in Cork but prior to that she beat Premium Package in a beginners’ chase.
