"He led from the start and won ""very easily"" by eight lengths from Bigbadjohn. Rather than continue to campaign the horse against other novices, Tizzard opted to match Thistlecrack against more seasoned steeplechasers in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park Racecourse on 26 December. Despite his lack of chasing experience he was made favourite ahead of his stablemate Cue Card and Silviniaco Conti who had won the race in 2013 and 2014. The other two runners were Josses Hill (Peterborough Chase) and Tea For Two (Kauto Star Novices' Chase). He produced a dominant performance, taking the lead at"
"King George VI Chase The King George VI Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year on 26 December, and features as part of the 32Red Winter Festival. The event was first run in February 1937, and it was named in honour of the new British monarch, King George VI. It was"
"a record-breaking fifth consecutive King George VI Chase in a meeting which was rearranged to mid-January after the original Boxing Day fixture was postponed due to snow. He was once more sent off the odds-on favourite. Ruby Walsh was injured, and multiple champion jockey Tony McCoy came in for the ride for the first time. Kauto Star looked beaten when blundering at the second last. Long Run won the race by 12 lengths from Riverside Theatre, who was a further 7 lengths clear of Kauto Star. It was the first time since coming to the UK that Kauto Star finished"
"the season in the Betfair Chase, in which he was ridden for the first time since 2010 by Noel Fehily. Starting the 7/2 second favourite he finished third behind Cue Card and Dynaste in a very strong field which also included Bobs Worth, Long Run and Tidal Bay. He faced Cue Card, Dynaste and Long Run again in the King George VI Chase over three miles at Kempton Park Racecourse on 26 December 2013. Cue Card led from the start, as at Haydock, but Silviniaco Conti, again ridden by Fehily, tracked the leader closely before taking the lead after the"
"consecutive seasons. After the race, Ruby Walsh said: """"He's an amazing horse and a privilege to ride. I was hoping that there was one more big day in him."""" On Boxing Day, Kauto Star lined up for the King George VI Chase for the sixth year in succession. Despite his victory over Long Run at Haydock, Long Run was sent off the even money favourite, with Kauto Star at 3/1. Also featuring prominently in the betting were dual Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Master Minded at 11/2 and Arkle Challenge Trophy winner Captain Chris at 8/1. Kauto Star jumped well"
"Yacht Race are on Boxing Day. In horse racing, there is the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park Racecourse in Surrey, England. It is the second most prestigious chase in Britain, after the Cheltenham Gold Cup. In addition to the prestigious race at Kempton, in Britain, it is usually the day with the highest number of racing meetings of the year, with eight in 2016, in addition to three more in Ireland.. In Barbados, the final day of horse racing is held on Boxing Day at The Historic Garrison Savannah, a UNESCO world heritage site. This tradition has been"
"Kicking King Kicking King is a National Hunt racehorse trained in Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland, by Tom Taaffe. He is best known for his victory in the 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup, the major Chase run at the Cheltenham Festival. He also won the King George VI Chase in 2004 and 2005: once at Kempton and once at Sandown Park, when the race was relocated due to the development of an all-weather track at Kempton. His Boxing Day win on Sunday 26 December was a first; when See More Business won the race in 1999, Christmas Sunday was still observed, so"
"2011 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes The 2011 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 23 July 2011. It was the 61st King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The winner was Lady Rothschild's Nathaniel, a three-year-old bay colt trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by John Gosden and ridden by William Buick. Nathaniel's victory was the first for his jockey, trainer and owner. Before the race, Nathaniel had contested five races, bypassing the Epsom Derby before recording his most important success when winning the Group Two King Edward VII"
"only run twice before World War II, during which Kempton Park was closed for racing and used as a prisoner-of-war camp. The two pre-war runnings were each contested by four horses. The winner of the first, Southern Hero, remains the race's oldest ever winner. After the war the racecourse re-opened, and the event returned in 1947 on a new date – Boxing Day. In the 1960s it was a handicap. The King George VI Chase is now the second most prestigious chase in England, surpassed only by the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Fourteen horses have won it more than once, Desert"
"his rival. In the Tommy Whittle Chase Forgive 'n Forget had an easier task at level weights with the runner up. Forgive 'n Forget next appeared on Boxing Day when he lined up for the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park for the first time in his career. Starting the 2/1 favourite ahead of Combs Ditch, Bolands Cross and Wayward Lad, Forgive 'n Forget lacked fluency in his jumping and though moving into second place with three fences left to jump, never looked likely to get to grips with the front-running Desert Orchid, who would subsequently win the race"
"third. On Boxing Day 2012, Long Run, who was the favourite at 15/8, won the King George VI Chase at Kempton. In what was described as ""the most gripping finish of recent times,"" he beat Captain Chris by a neck on the line. Long Run also participated in the 2014 Grand National at Aintree, but fell at the Valentine's Brook on the first circuit. He followed up with a ninth-placed finish in the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris in May 2014 but was then off the course until March 2016 when he reappeared in a hunter chase at Carlisle. Long Run"
"2008. Since his successful debut in a National Hunt flat race, Kicking King has amassed more than £800,000 in prize money and has six Grade One wins to his name. Kicking King Kicking King is a National Hunt racehorse trained in Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland, by Tom Taaffe. He is best known for his victory in the 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup, the major Chase run at the Cheltenham Festival. He also won the King George VI Chase in 2004 and 2005: once at Kempton and once at Sandown Park, when the race was relocated due to the development of an"
"made up of Night Nurse and Border Incident, both high class chasers. Silver Buck beat Night Nurs by one and a half lengths. His next race was on Boxing Day when he lined up for the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park. Silver Buck faced ten rivals and started the 3/1 second favourite behind the Irish trained Jack Of Trumps. Silver Buck was always close up and led down the back straight for the final time. He was never headed after and saw off the challenge of Jack Of Trumps to win by a length and a half,with Border"
"Park. He followed up that victory with a win in the Cottage Rake Handicap Chase at Kempton a month later, beating Air Wedding by four lengths. That triumph acted as a trial for the prestigious King George VI Chase at Kempton in late December. The field also contained Mont Tremblant (the winner of the 1952 Cheltenham Gold Cup, the extremely versatile Irish chaser Knock Hard, Galloway Braes, Teal (winner of the 1952 Grand National), and top novice chaser Wenceslaus, amongst others. The field went round at a good gallop, with Galloway Braes taking the lead at the eighth fence. Although"
"the lead on the run-in and won by two and a half lengths Aughavogue, with the other beaten horses including Beau Ranger, Panto Prince and Golden Freeze. After a break of more than eight months, Norton's Coin returned on 26 December when he was move up sharply in class to contest the King George VI Chase over three miles at Kempton Park Racecourse. Starting a 33/1 outsider, he was ridden for the first time by Graham McCourt who became his regular jockey. He made several jumping errors and began to tire two fences out before finishing last of the six"
"odds of 6/1, the longest starting price of his UK career. Ridden prominently by usual partner Ruby Walsh, Kauto Star made it four victories in the race, having previously won it in 2006, 2007 and 2009. He won by eight lengths from favourite Long Run, turning the tables on his Gold Cup and King George conqueror of the previous season. In doing so, he became the only horse to win two different Grade 1 jump races four times (the other being the King George VI Chase). He also became the only horse to win a Grade 1 race in seven"
"season. Silver Buck also received twenty five of the thirty one votes to win the National Hunt Horse Of The Year Award. Silver Buck won four of his six races during this season. Following victories at Wincanton and Stratford, Silver Buck won his fourth Edward Hanmer Chase at Haydock Park in November, beating future Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, Burrough Hill Lad by two and a half lengths. He then lined up against five other rivals in the King George VI Chase, where he started the even money favourite. Silver Buck could only finish third behind stable companion,Wayward Lad, and the"
"winner of the King George VI Chase on five occasions) pending a permanent change of name. The permanent name change was confirmed by the BHA in July 2013. Lizzie Kelly's victory on Tea For Two in the 2015 renewal made her the first female jockey to win a Grade One race in Britain. The 1981 running was abandoned due to frost. The 1995 running was abandoned due to frost. Kauto Star Novices' Chase The Kauto Star Novices' Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is"
"and took the lead with four to jump. Long Run closed in the finishing straight, but could not catch him. At the finish, Kauto Star won by 1¼ lengths from Long Run. His victory prompted his normally undemonstrative jockey Ruby Walsh to hug his neck on pulling up. Kauto Star therefore made history by becoming the first horse to win the King George VI Chase five times. After the race, owner Clive Smith said, """"He’s amazing, I’ll never have another like him. He was in top, top form and it was just a case if he had recovered from Haydock."""""
"Christmas Hurdle The Christmas Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of about 2 miles , and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race is the second leg of the Triple Crown of Hurdling and is scheduled to take place each year during the King George VI Chase meeting on Boxing Day. During the 1960s Kempton staged a 2-mile handicap race on Boxing Day called the Kempton Park Handicap Hurdle. Its"
"Algan was sent to England to contest the 44th running of the King George VI Chase over three miles at Kempton Park Racecourse on Boxing Day. He started a 16/1 outsider and was regarded as the second string runner from the Doumen yard behind The Fellow who had won the race in 1991 and 1992. The nine-runner field also included the 1993 winner Barton Bank who started favourite, Bradbury Star (twice winner of the Mackeson Gold Cup), Monsieur Le Cure (Sun Alliance Chase), Travado (Arkle Challenge Trophy) and Young Hustler (Sun Alliance Chase). Ridden by Philippe Chevalier, Algan was restrained"
"highest class for the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day and finished third behind Florida Pearl and Best Mate with the favourite First Gold twenty-six lengths back in third. At Newbury on 9 February, Baccahanal started 5/4 favourite for the Listed Aon Chase. He took the lead at the fourth last and won by twelve lengths and a neck from Shotgun Willy and Marlborough (winner of the Gold Cup substitute race in April 2001). The other beaten horses included Take Control, Supreme Glory (Welsh National) and What's Up Boys (Hennessy Gold Cup). On 14 March, Baccahnal started"
"total. Nathaniel, on whom Buick had won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2011, was bidding to become the third horse in history to win the race back to back after a successful seasonal debut in the Eclipse Stakes two weeks prior. However, after a close photo finish between the 2011 winner Nathaniel and the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Danedream, the latter prevailed on the bob of a head. The day after the King George, Buick steered the sister of Nathaniel, Great Heavens, to Group 1 success in Ireland in the Irish Oaks on"
"won the Charlie Hall Chase and defeated Go Ballistic by 17 lengths in winning the King George VI Chase for a second time. This was the last time the race was officially first-scheduled for Monday December 27; Christmas Sunday still being observed in the UK. Finally, he won the Aon Chase by 18 lengths. He went into the Gold Cup as the 9/4 favourite. However, no horse since L'Escargot had retained the crown and that had been nearly 30 years earlier. In the end he could only come fourth behind Looks Like Trouble, Florida Pearl and Strong Promise. However, he"
"Desert Orchid Chase The Desert Orchid Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of about 2 miles , and during its running there are twelve fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late December. The race was first run on 27 December 2006. It is named in memory of Desert Orchid, a popular racehorse who died several weeks earlier. Desert Orchid won Kempton's most prestigious event, the King George VI"
"regular jockey Ruby Walsh being out injured with a dislocated shoulder. Despite his previous defeat, he again started as the odds-on favourite. During the race, he was pushed all the way to the finish by Exotic Dancer, but held on to win by ½ length. The two were well clear of the rest of the seven-runner field. Kauto Star then headed to Kempton Park, for the King George VI Chase. With Walsh back in the saddle, he won by 11 lengths from Ascot Chase winner Our Vic, with Exotic Dancer in third place. The horse's final preparation for the Cheltenham"
"his first crop, Camelot sired Latrobe, winner of the 2018 Irish Derby, and Athena, winner of the Belmont Oaks. Camelot (horse) Camelot (foaled 15 March 2009) is a British-bred, Irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the leading European two-year-olds of 2011 and won the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. He was made the winter favourite for the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby. On his three-year-old debut, Camelot won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and followed up by winning the Derby at Epsom and the Irish Derby at the Curragh. His bid for the Triple Crown failed when he lost"
"three-mile-chase ever recorded. The autumn saw Halloween reunited with Fred Winter. After a second in the Grand Sefton Trial Handicap, the pair won the Charlton Park Handicap Chase at Cheltenham and the Ewell Chase at Sandown. Up against a good field in the King George, including favoured Galloway Braes, Gold Cup second Mariner’s Log, and prolific-winning chaser Crudwell, Halloween won, beating Galloway Braes by six lengths. In the process, he became the first horse to win two renewals of the King George. Halloween confirmed the form with Galloway Braes in the Coventry Handicap Chase (a forerunner to the BetBright Chase)"
"fell heavily and was fatally injured. Workforce then emerged as Nathaniel's main challenger, but the Derby winner veered to the left in the closing stages and the three-year-old won by two and three-quarter lengths, with St Nicholas Abbey in third place. Further details of the winner, Nathaniel 2011 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes The 2011 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 23 July 2011. It was the 61st King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The winner was Lady Rothschild's Nathaniel, a three-year-old bay colt trained at"
"the lead two hurdles out and won by three lengths from the mare Cockney Sparrow. McCoy described the victory as ""a good performance, a good starting point"" but pointed out that the gelding was much the best horse in the race on previous form and was expected to win easily. On 26 December at Kempton Park Racecourse My Tent Or Yours faced The New One in a much-anticipated race for the Grade I Christmas Hurdle. Since beating My Tent Or Yours at Aintree in 2012, The New One had won six races including the Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle and the"
"not ideal. He also said that it would be ""fun"" to take on Frankel again later in the season. In the King George, Nathaniel was made 5/2 second favourite to repeat his success of 2011 against a field which included St Nicholas Abbey, Dunaden, Masked Marvel, Danedream, Deep Brillante, Sea Moon and Reliable Man. Buick tracked the leaders before moving Nathaniel into the lead in the straight. He ran on under pressure, but was caught in the last stride and beaten a nose by Danedream. Gosden described the horse's performance coming only two weeks after the Eclipse as ""phenomenal"" and"
"gallops at Sir Michael Stoute's yard. He was subsequently retired from racing. Harbinger was retired in 2011 to the Shadai Stallion Station in Japan and is standing there for the 2013 season. In the autumn of 2017 he had his first Grade 1 winners when his three-year-old daughters Deirdre and Mozu Katchan won the Shuka Sho and the Queen Elizabeth II Cup respectively before the colt Persian Knight took the Mile Championship. Harbinger (horse) Harbinger (foaled 12 March 2006) is a retired thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2010. Harbinger is"
"and a King George and my mission now is to get him in the form of his life for the Gold Cup. If he’d been right last year we might have had a different result, but he wasn’t and he didn’t but I’m convinced Cheltenham won’t be a problem for him"". On 26 December Silviniaco Conti attempted to repeat his 2013 success in the King George VI Chase. On a gloomy, overcast day which saw the race run in near darkness the gelding started the 15/8 favourite in a field of ten runner which included Champagne Fever, Al Ferof, Cue"