Overview
- The Jukebox Man landed the Betfair Exchange Graduation Chase at Haydock by roughly two and a half lengths over Iroko.
- Ben Jones dictated from the front and showcased the seven-year-old’s slick jumping on his first start since last Christmas.
- Trainer Ben Pauling said Kempton’s King George VI Chase on Boxing Day is the planned next assignment.
- Pauling reported the horse sound after the race following a recent bout of pus in a foot that cost several days’ work.
- Bookmakers shortened King George odds to as low as 6-1 with Coral, 7-1 with William Hill and 8-1 with Paddy Power.