14:30 Kempton

Friday 26 December 2025

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Ladbrokes King George VI Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 5m 49.13s

1^st

The Jukebox Man

711-10

7/1

T: B PaulingJ: Ben Jones

Prominent on outer, led before 3 out and faced strong challenges all sides thereafter, pushed along before 2 out, ridden and headed narrowly before last, battled on bravely run-in, won on nod final strides op 6/1 tchd 11/2

2^nd

nse

Banbridge

911-10

16/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: S Bowen

Chased leaders, not fluent 8th, pushed along after 3 out and improved, soon pressed front rank, ridden and led narrowly before last, stayed on well when challenged run-in, headed and denied on nod near line tchd 18/1

3^rd

nse

Gaelic Warrior

711-10

9/4j

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

Handy on inner, pushed along pressing leaders 2 out, ridden before last, stayed on well and every chance flat, just denied in a head bob towards finish tchd 2/1 and tchd 5/2

4^th

Jango Baie

611-10

9/4j

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Wore red hood to post, mid-division, tracked leaders 6th, pushed along before 3 out, ran on and every chance 2 out, soon ridden and kept on, no extra closing stages run-in op 3/1 and tchd 10/3

5^th

7 ½

Djelo

711-10

14/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

In rear, slow 2nd, improved 13th, took fourth 4 out, ridden and no extra before 2 out

6^th

1 ¾

Fact To File

811-10

3/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Mark Walsh

Mid-division, pushed along 3 out, ridden and held after 2 out op 7/2

7^th

Master Chewy

811-10

100/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Towards rear, pushed along before 3 out, ridden and weakened before 2 out op 50/1

Also Ran

Il Est Francais

711-10

20/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: H Cobden

Led, headed before 3 out where mistake and weakened quickly, pulled up tchd 16/1 and tchd 22/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.00Pl:£1.60, £3.20, £1.40EX:£70.40Trifecta:£325.40Tricast:£332.67SF:£99.64Swingers:£4.40, £3.30, £8.70

Forecasts

Gaelic Warrior (9/4), Jango Baie (9/4), Fact To File (3/1), The Jukebox Man (7/1), Djelo (14/1), Banbridge (16/1), Il Est Francais (20/1), Master Chewy (100/1)

A high-quality King George. JANGO BAIE was very impressive on his Ascot reappearance and might be worth siding with to improve past top-class Willie Mullins pair Gaelic Warrior and Fact To File, who served up a treat in the John Durkan at Punchestown last month. Unbeaten chaser The Jukebox Man is another fascinating contender.

JANGO BAIE (FR)
GAELIC WARRIOR (GER)
FACT TO FILE (FR)

Previous Winners

2024

Banbridge

Weight: 11-10 |Age: 8

J: Paul Townend | T: J P O'Brien

7/1

Prize Money

1st: £142,375.002nd: £53,425.003rd: £26,750.004th: £13,325.005th: £6,700.006th: £3,350.00