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Jonbon shines on yet another trying day for troubled home of jumps racing

Popular chaser victorious but ground issues, horses slipping and the low sun are all negatives for Cheltenham One of the more remarkable career records in jumping was extended again on Friday as Jonbon, one of the most popular chasers in training, won the Shloer Chase for the third time in the last four seasons and maintained his lifetime streak of never having finished outside the first two in 29 starts under National Hunt rules. On the opening day of Cheltenham’s second-biggest meeting, though, it also felt like a somewhat flat success, out of keeping with the setting and occasion. Jonbon wa

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Politics

Andy Burnham urges Labour to ‘rearm’ for Kemi Badenoch comeback

No 10 sources say PM wants party to refocus on Tories as electoral threat after prioritising Reform and Greens Andy Burnham has instructed the Labour party to “rearm” to fight the Conservatives at the next election amid concern inside government that they must take the prospect of a Kemi Badenoch-led recovery seriously. Downing Street sources said the prime minister wanted Labour headquarters to refocus on the Tories as an electoral threat after more than two years of prioritising Nigel Farage’s Reform and, on their left flank, the Greens. Continue reading...

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