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Big day holds no fears for rising star
Daily Record
|March 10, 2026
WHEN you are riding one of the leading fancies for a Cheltenham Gold Cup, the pressure is enormous.
KING BEN Ben Jones celebrates The Jukebox Man's victory in the King George VI Chase at Kempton
When you are riding a leading fancy for a Cheltenham Gold Cup that just happens to be owned by a national treasure, that pressure is cranked up a gear.
But that will not bother one of National Hunt's rising stars. In terms of wins, Ben Jones is already assured of his best season.
And, of course, the 26-year-old Welshman has big victories to his name, winning the 2024 Festival Plate on Shakem Up'Arry.
This story is from the March 10, 2026 edition of Daily Record.
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