Gritty Jonbon gives Henderson a joyous end to tough week with Tingle Creek triumph 

Constitution Hill, Shishkin and hot novice prospect Willmount were all erased from the Seven Barrows team sheet due to heavy downpours

BLAZE OF GLORY: Jonbon and Nico de Boinville win for trainer Nicky Henderson and owner JP McManus.

Christmas arrived early for Nicky Henderson at Sandown as Jonbon joined some of the Seven Barrows greats on the Tingle Creek roll of honour and provide a joyous end to a testing few days for the trainer.

It looked like Henderson could have been featuring in his own nightmare before Christmas as a wet week and heavy downpours over night at the Esher track scuppered plans to run some of his finest operators in the rearranged Fighting Fifth.