Posts tagged King George VI Chase
Midday inspection at Kempton Park
Dec 23rd
The season of goodwill to all men clearly does not extend to those who are trying to organise race meetings during the Christmas period. The optimism held by officials at Kempton Park 24 hours ago has now been replaced by a midday inspection tomorrow for their stellar Boxing Day card, which is headed by the [...]
Kauto Star faces 10 in King George VI Chase
Dec 23rd
Kauto Star will face 10 rivals as well as the weight of history when he attempts to win the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton on Sunday. Tony McCoy has been confirmed as the rider for Paul Nicholls’ star, will be lining up for what would be a fifth successive victory in the [...]
Tony McCoy offered ride on Kauto Star in King George VI Chase
Dec 22nd
As a man who was born on December 24th, Noel Fehily is used to all things coming at once late in the year. But this year what could have been the greatest moment of his career has now been clouded by the darkest of days. The rider to whom champion trainer Paul Nicholls turned to [...]
Henry de Bromhead sizes up King George challenge
Dec 12th
Irish trainer Henry de Bromhead is planning an assault on the two Grade One chases at Kempton Park’s Christmas meeting, led by Sizing Europe in the William Hill King George VI Chase. The eight-year-old was the top two-mile novice chaser of last season, winning the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival in March, has been [...]
Paul Nicholls has grounds for concern with Master Minded
Dec 5th
On the day that jump racing made what could turn out to be a brief return, Paul Nicholls admitted to concerns about the chance of fast ground at Cheltenham next weekend. The champion trainer had already pulled his highly rated novice chaser Royal Charm out of his intended race at Exeter, after the course passed [...]
Imperial Commander on course for King George VI Chase
Dec 1st
Nigel Twiston-Davies is a man who takes the cutting remarks made about his stable star somewhat personally. So far Imperial Commander has proven that he can win beyond three miles, when he won last season’s Cheltenham Gold Cup, and then that he could do so away from the confines of Cheltenham, when he won the [...]
Kauto Star ready for fifth King George
Nov 30th
Like everyone else there are certain rituals that go as part and parcel of Christmas for Nick Childs. For the rest of us that might range from depleting the nation’s stock of food and drink to trying to remain awake during the obligatory re-run of The Sound of Music or telling great-aunt Matilda that her [...]
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