Jonbon: Profile, Record, Age & Best Races

Jonbon was the leading candidate for the Champion Chase in March but his wait for a Cheltenham Festival win goes on after Marine Nationale took the honours in the Championship race.

Name: Jonbon

Age: 9

Weight: 11-10

Trainer: Nicky Henderson

Winnings: £1,024,914

Cheltenham Festival wins: 0

Jonbon Race Stats

Chase Runs	1st	2nd	3rd
15	12	3	0

Jonbon Age

Jonbon is an eight-year-old gelding, having made his rules debut at Newbury back in 2021.

Jonbon Weight

Jonbon has run off 11-10 since 2023 and that was the weight he carried in the 2025 Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Jonbon Record

Jonbon has won 17 of his 21 races under Rules, never finishing outside of the front two and Henderson has always campaigned his charge in top-level races.

Jonbon won the Grade 2 Howden Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle at Ascot in 2021 and then triumphed in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle trial at Haydock.

His colours were lowered in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the 2022 Cheltenham Festival, but that defeat was against his imperious stablemate Constitution Hill.

Jonbon returned to winning ways in the Grade 1 Top Novices' Hurdle, beating El Fabiolo at Aintree, and went on to taste success on his chasing debut at Warwick at the end of the year.

He then enjoyed an unbeaten winter as the perfect preparation for the 2023 Arkle, only for El Fabiolo to exact revenge and win by five-and-a-half lengths.

However, that defeat was not to discourage Jonbon, who went on to win the Mildmay at Aintree by 43 lengths just a month later.

Eight wins from 10 runs have followed since that stunning success and there are some big triumphs in that sequence, with Jonbon landing two Tingle Creeks and two Clarence Houses over the past 20 months.

Jonbon Next Race

The target for Jonbon is likely to be the Melling Chase at the Aintree Grand National Festival.

Jonbon Owner and Cost

Jonbon is owned by JP McManus, who purchased the son £570,000 in 2020.

The Irish businessman is one of the best-known and most respected figures in the sport and the 73-year-old has enjoyed success in the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National.

McManus has recorded well over 4,000 winners as an owner and the great Istabraq is his most famous performer.

Jonbon Trainer

Jonbon is in the care of master trainer Nicky Henderson, who has been crowned British jump racing champion trainer on six occasions and has saddled an incredible 73 Cheltenham Festival winners.

Jonbon Official Rating

Jonbon is the highest-rated chaser in the British racing with an official mark of 171, 5lb higher than second-best Protektorat.

Jonbon Prize Money

Jonbon has earned a total of £1,200,451 in prize money in his career to date, with £1,024,914 of that being made up of winnings alone and £960,759 coming from chases.