by ROI MADHAN THE biggest National Hunt race over the Christmas period takes place at Kempton Park on Boxing Day and features some of the best three-mile chasers from the UK and Ireland. I am, of course, talking about the King George VI Chase. This Grade 1 contest is open to horses aged four years …[Read More]
IT’S six years since there was a Cheltenham Gold Cup without the great Kauto Star lining up. We have become so accustomed to those familiar green and yellow silks stalking the leaders, jumping his rivals into the ground and powering up the hill. But this year’s race is all about the young pretenders. Ten horses …[Read More]
by Jack Milner at BetVictor WE ALL know what the real highlight of Christmas is ‒ and it isn’t listening to your nan bring back her sprouts via the rumblings of the methane-soaked sofa! No, one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar is the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park, a race …[Read More]
HANG ON a second! Is the King George VI Chase over two miles or three? The list of possible runners reads like a Champion Chase field: Finian’s Rainbow, Sizing Europe, Cue Card, Captain Chris… The list goes on. I cannot remember a King George field so chock full of two-mile specialists and middle distance horses. …[Read More]
NOW here’s a good pub quiz question. Apart from Kauto Star and Imperial Commander, which two horses have won the Betfair Chase? Not easy, is it? So you’d better read on… There have only been seven runnings of the Betfair but the Grade One contest is firmly established as one of the major early season …[Read More]
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