Matt Brocklebank looks over the past decade of King George VI Chase winners and forms a shortlist of suitable candidates this Boxing Day.
King George VI Chase: 10-year trends
- Official rating 160+: 10/10
- Aged between 6 and 8: 9/10
- Run in the last 60 days: 9/10
- Trained in Britain: 8/10
- Run at Kempton before: 7/10
The trends for Kempton’s Ladbrokes King George VI Chase – Britain’s most prestigious race of its type aside from the Cheltenham Gold Cup – make for interesting reading as punters look to have latched onto the ‘right’ horse in recent weeks, with Grey Dawning currently heading the betting at a general 7/2.
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