Injured Nico de Boinville replaced by Mark Walsh on star jumper Jonbon
Nicky Henderson has announced Mark Walsh will ride Jonbon for the first time in Saturday's bet365 Celebration Chase at Sandown after stable jockey Nico de Boinville was ruled out following a fall at Plumpton.
De Boinville was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton after a nasty fall from 3-1 favourite As The Fella Says at the first flight of a handicap hurdle on Easter Monday. He suffered broken ribs and neck injuries and has since returned home to continue his recovery but will not ride this weekend nor at the Punchestown Festival, where Constitution Hill could run.
With his stable jockey Nico de Boinville out of action, Henderson has had to make alternative riding arrangements for his two stable stars.
Speaking in his Unibet blog, he said: 'Firstly I want to say thank you to everyone for their thoughts and kind messages following Nico's fall, which we have passed onto him. He is now back at home and will need to rest. We don't know exactly when he'll be back riding but we wish him a speedy recovery.
'In the meantime we do have to make riding plans for our horses and Mark Walsh will come over to Sandown Park on Saturday to ride Jonbon.'
Having gone unbeaten in his first 10 career starts, Constitution Hill has suffered successive falls in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham and the Aintree Hurdle.
Henderson has left open the option of a first trip to Ireland for the Punchestown Champion Hurdle, but a final decision on his participation has yet to be made.
He added: 'Constitution Hill has an important gallop on Friday and he will be partnered by James Bowen. If that goes well they will school together over the weekend and if we get a double green light so to speak, then we can all head over to Punchestown. Everything hinges on how this weekend goes.'
The trainer could also send his star juvenile Lulamba to Ireland's end-of-season meeting, saying: 'Lulamba is in great form and could also head over. It's a brave shout but I'm very happy with him and James would also take the ride if we line up.'
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Glorious Goodwood racing tips: Best bets and odds for day five
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The Independent
2 days ago
- The Independent
Glorious Goodwood racing tips: Best bets and odds for day three
Thursday's Glorious Goodwood tips Marhaba Ghaiyyath (Goodwood, 13.20) – 0.5pt each-way @ 7/1 (Bet365) Coppull (Goodwood, 13.55) – 1pt win @ 10/3 (William Hill) Merchant (Goodwood, 14.30) - 1pt win @ 5/4 (Bet365) Whirl (Goodwood, 15.05) - 1pt win @ 11/8 (Bet365) Nad Alshiba Green (Goodwood, 15.45) – 0.5pt each-way @ 13/2 (Ladbrokes) Hey Tru Blue (Goodwood, 16.20) – 0.5pt each-way @ 6/1 (Bet365) Aylin (Goodwood, 16.55) – 1pt win @ 3/1 (Ladbrokes) Sea Force (Goodwood, 17.30) – 1pt win @ 7/1 (Betway) Coral Kincsem Handicap – 13.20 Goodwood After his close third at Royal Ascot, Best Secret will probably be all the rage here and, given that James Doyle rode his chief market rival, Marhaba Ghaiyyath when he went close at Newmarket last time, he'll have a good handle on their relative merits. However, he is also retained by Wathnan, who own the favourite and so he couldn't have chosen to stick with his Newmarket mount. 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HKJC World Pool Gordon Stakes tips – 14.30 Goodwood He's not going to be much of a price on horse racing betting sites, but Merchant arrives seeking a hat-trick and is selected to complete that feat, after at decisive win at York and then an improved, career best effort to win the King George V Handicap at Royal Ascot last time. Both those races were over 1m4f and on a sound surface and he looks likely to get the same conditions again. Cases can certainly be made for Rahiebb and Wimbledon Hawkeye but the big danger on the day could turn out to be Galveston, whose trainer Aidan O'Brien has won this race three times in the past decade. Qatar Nassau Stakes tips – 15.05 Goodwood Just five runners have been declared for the focal point on day three, the Group 1 Nassau Stakes but it could still provide us with one of the best races of the week between the four-year-old See The Fire and the three-year-old Whirl, a year her junior. The Aidan O'Brien-trained Whirl is well treated with her age allowance, based on official ratings compared to if this were a handicap. While that doesn't always go to form, it would be some performance for See The Fire to topple Whirl in this. The latter proved herself in Group 1 company when runner-up in the Oaks at Epsom last month. She then bettered that when returning to Ireland to take the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh, when dropped back to 1m2f. That's the trip for this contest and it suits both the selection and her chief rival, who thrashed her field in a York Group 2 in May, before being a good third behind Ombudsman in the Group 1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot. Arguably, she has the best single piece of form to go into this race with but Whirl looks to have 7lb in hand and is taken to score. This looks absolutely wide open with the Glorious Goodwood odds market opening at 7/1 the field and one of the many towards the head of it looks likely to go well. 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