This is the poster for this end of year in jumping. The King George VI Chase (Gr. I), one of the most coveted races in the United Kingdom contested on December 26 at Kempton, will bring together a field of fourteen steeple-chasers including the tricolors He is French, General in Chief et Together We Win. The last training sessions of the first two, as Noel George explained to Ludovic Conio in Cagnes-sur-Mer, have confirmed the Englishman in his choices and the bookmakers believe in He is Frenchoffered at 5/1 like Grey Dawning. If he has just been disillusioned in the Prix La Haye Jousselin, the partner of James Reveley has since reassured those around him and the “books” remember that during his only foray abroad, during boxing day 2023, the jumper of Richard Kelvin-Hughes pulverized the opposition by winning by eleven lengths in the Kauto Star Novices' Chase (Gr. I). Despite his fourth place at Newbury, the bookmakers are not betting on General in Chiefproposed with Ahoy Lord at 100/1. As for Juntos Ganamos, whose “King George” is the end-of-year objective of David Cottin's resident, he is offered at 16/1 with Send Allen et Royal Mayhem, Spillane’s Tower still holding the top spot at 7/2. The challenge is significant for the French since the last success of a horse trained on our soil in the King George VI Chase dates back First Gold24 years ago.
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