Jonbon into 2-1 for the Arkle after thrashing Monmiral in hugely impressive debut over fences at Warwick

Oh, my.

Monmiral did little wrong, but Champion Hurdle runner-up Jonbon was operating on another level in the @agentbloodstock Novices' Chase @WarwickRaces

Subsequent Arkle hero Edwardstone won this 12 months ago . . . pic.twitter.com/f7EV2LUkPb

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) November 16, 2022

Paddy Power and Betfair cut the Nicky Henderson-trained superstar from 7-2 for success at next year’s Festival.

Winning jockey Aidan Coleman said: “Very straightforward. Jumped very well and won nicely, it’s great.

“Monmiral is a very good horse and we were only a few pounds clear of him in ratings

“You wouldn’t have thought it would be the one-horse race people were making out it would be but we won well.

“It’s everything I wanted to see.

“He walked round the preliminaries super, went down to start easy and jumped super, we’re very happy.”

Coral also made Jonbon 2-1 favourite and spokesperson Lewis Knowles said: “You couldn’t help but be impressed by Jonbon today on his chase debut.

“He jumped well, travelled powerfully and put two high-class horses to the sword this afternoon.

“As a result he’s now an even warmer favourite for the Arkle.”

Arkle odds

2 Jonbon

4 Sir Gerhard

6 El Fabiolo

8 Appreciate It

12 Banbridge, Dysart Dynamo, Mighty Potter, State Man

14 Flame Bearer

More to follow.