14:30 Kempton

Friday 26 December 2025

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

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 1  |   3m  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:30  |   Winning time: 5m 49.13s
1st
Horse silk
8
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
2nd
Horse silk
nse
1
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
3rd
Horse silk
nse
4
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
4th
Horse silk
½
6
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
5th
Horse silk
7 ½
2
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
6th
Horse silk
1 ¾
3
3/1
T: W P MullinsJ: Mark Walsh
Mid-division, pushed along 3 out, ridden and held after 2 out op 7/2
7th
Horse silk
29
7
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

PU
Horse silk
5
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)

Verdict

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.

  1. JANGO BAIE (FR)
  2. GAELIC WARRIOR (GER)
  3. FACT TO FILE (FR)

Previous Winners

2024
Banbridge
Weight: 11-10  |Age: 8
7/1

Prize Money

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

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