King George bid among options for Jonbon as Nicky Henderson parades his stars for National Racehorse Week

Nicky Henderson has floated the possibility of stepping Jonbon up in trip, with the King George VI Chase not ruled out for last season's three-time Grade 1 winner.

The nine-year-old, who returned to training this month following his summer break, was one of many stars on show at Seven Barrows as part of National Racehorse Week.

The JP McManus-owned Jonbon won four of his six starts last season, with his two defeats coming in the Champion Chase at Cheltenham and Celebration Chase at Sandown. The most recent of his three top-level wins came in the Melling Chase over two and a half miles at Aintree in April.

"There are lots of options," he said. "We have the old route, although there's another way of going with him, but at the moment we're thinking the Shloer and Tingle Creek. We do have the option of going further."

Jonbon has won the Shloer and Tingle Creek over two miles in each of the past two years, while he is quoted at a best-price 16-1 for the King George VI Chase over three miles with bet365 and Ladbrokes.

Henderson said: "I don't know [about the King George], but going up in trip is an option. The first option out of the two-mile division is the 1965 Chase at Ascot, but it's too close to the Tingle Creek. We won't know which way we're going until nearer the time."

Sir Gino: paraded at Seven Barrows on Thursday morningCredit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)

Jonbon, along with Constitution Hill and Sir Gino, were paraded before a sell-out crowd of 200 at the yard.

Henderson said of Jonbon: "He wouldn't do that in his younger days, but he enjoys it now. Sprinter Sacre always knew how to work the crowd, whereas Jonbon has got the hang of it only now. These sort of things used to set alarm bells off in his head, but now he loves it. They all look fantastic. We’re where we want to be with all of them. They're all at different stages, but they're where they should be at this stage."

Visitors were also able to see almost 50 horses work on the round gallop, before getting a guided tour of the yard.

Henderson said: "It's amazing, it really is. It's a different audience to what we sometimes might have, but everyone was very enthusiastic and pretty knowledgeable too. Everyone was able to see the likes of Constitution Hill, Jonbon, Sir Gino and Lulamba. I think they enjoyed it."

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