Joncol on course for Hennessy Joncol is on-course to retain his Hennessy Gold Cup crown, despite the race being rescheduled for next Saturday. His trainer Paul Nolan today stated "we would have preferred if it had gone ahead today and probably everybody is in the same boat." "Hopefully they will be able to race next week because after that it will probably be too close to Cheltenham for some of the horses. It's not ideal. Real Gold Cup contenders would not want a real slog over three miles before the Festival. "I suppose most of them in the race were Gold Cup outsiders but young horses, like Pride Of Dulcote, are open to improvement, but Saturday is tight enough for Cheltenham. "As far as we are concerned the Hennessy is our Cheltenham for Joncol. That's our aim for the season with him. Hopefully we can keep him in one piece until Saturday and we'll get him there as healthy as he was today."
