King George entries

Healio

What a race this will be if even half of them get declared:
From racingpost.co.uk:
31-0 Avalanche 29 J R Best 7 11-10 145
1-12 Azertyuiop 22 P F Nicholls 7 11-10 177
11-1 Best Mate 37 Miss H C Knight 9 11-10 175
1U-2 Calling Brave 23 N J Henderson 8 11-10 148
11-6 Edredon Bleu 54 Miss H C Knight 12 11-10 169
2-63 Enzo De Baune 18 G A Harker 7 11-10 120
1F2F Farmer Jack 15 P J Hobbs 8 11-10 155
2-39 First Gold 29 F Doumen 11 11-10
F-07 Fondmort 15 N J Henderson 8 11-10 157
-112 Fundamentalist 29 N A Twiston-Davies 6 11-10
3-54 Hand Inn Hand 36 H D Daly 8 11-10 160
-24P Harbour Pilot 21 Noel Meade 9 11-10
-143 Hot Shots 36 M Pitman 9 11-10 145
2-46 Impek 15 Miss H C Knight 8 11-10 153
F-05 Joly Bey 16 N J Gifford 7 11-10 140
B121 Kicking King 21 T J Taaffe 6 11-10
112- Kingscliff 351 R H Alner 7 11-10 160
6-51 Le Roi Miguel 36 P F Nicholls 6 11-10 155
-1F3 Lord Sam 23 V R A Dartnall 8 11-10 151
-111 Moscow Flyer 22 Mrs John Harrington 10 11-10
1-14 Murphy´s Cardinal 23 Noel T Chance 8 11-10 147
3-4P Nil Desperandum 29 Ms F M Crowley 7 11-10
/F-1 One Knight 22 P J Hobbs 8 11-10 146
13-F Our Vic 15 M C Pipe 6 11-10 149
1-68 Puntal 16 M C Pipe 8 11-10 149
-36P Royal Atalza 22 G A Huffer 7 11-10 131
-132 Royal Auclair 16 P F Nicholls 7 11-10 150
1F-U Scots Grey 15 N J Henderson 9 11-10 141
7-22 Seebald 37 M C Pipe 9 11-10 156
1F-1 Simply Supreme 56 Mrs S J Smith 7 11-10 136
7-91 Therealbandit 16 M C Pipe 7 11-10 150
F31- Tiutchev 269 M C Pipe 11 11-10 167

fade2black

mouthwatering alright. Im a realbandit man myself.

Healio

I'll be following Kicking King myself, but Kingscliff could do the business.

evillive

kicking king is my fancy at the moment
lord sam in his absence

moscow flyer is staying here
azertyuiop will probably have to win well over 2 miles after his defeat in the tingle creek
and best mate should be at leopardstown

so theres a huge amount of future champions queuing up to make a name for themselves, should be a great race

Healio

From racingpost.co.uk
The 5-day-entries

2:10
32 run
Stan James King George VI Chase (Class A) Grade 1 (4yo+)Order of merit race 22
Winner £ 3m

No. Form Horse Trainer Wgt Jockey OR
1 1-12 Azertyuiop 22 P F Nicholls 7 11-10 177
2 11-1 Best Mate 37 Miss H C Knight 9 11-10 175
3 1U-2 Calling Brave 23 N J Henderson 8 11-10 148
4 11-6 Edredon Bleu 54 Miss H C Knight 12 11-10 169
5 2-39 First Gold 29 F Doumen 11 11-10 A P McCoy
6 F-07 Fondmort 15 N J Henderson 8 11-10 157
7 -143 Hot Shots 36 M Pitman 9 11-10 145
8 2-46 Impek 15 Miss H C Knight 8 11-10 153
9 B121 Kicking King 21 T J Taaffe 6 11-10
10 112- Kingscliff 351 R H Alner 7 11-10 160
11 6-51 Le Roi Miguel 36 P F Nicholls 6 11-10 155
12 -1F3 Lord Sam 23 V R A Dartnall 8 11-10 151
13 1-14 Murphy´s Cardinal 23 Noel T Chance 8 11-10 147
14 7-22 Seebald 37 M C Pipe 9 11-10 156
15 7-91 Therealbandit 16 M C Pipe 7 11-10 150
16 F31- Tiutchev 269 M C Pipe 11 11-10 167

Crumbs

I think Tiutchev is interesting. Currently 17/1 on Betfair.

liamdye

I think Fundamentalists looks good for this, a young horse who will spring a surprise, everyone will be watching the established horses and forget about fundamentalist. Kicking king has also a very big chance with no pressure and will thrive at the chance.

Crumbs

Liam, Fundamentalist isn't running in the King George.

masterK

With the favourites all having questions to answer I think there could be a bigger priced winner. I will go for Kingcliff, he goes well fresh (I'll never forgot his first race last season when Thornton lost the reins and still won easily). At a bigger price don't be surprised to see Seebald run a big race, just beaten by Best Mate last time out.

Kicking King is most suited by 2.5 miles in my opinion, of the other favourites I couldn't back Le Roi Miguel, Calling Brave is something of an unknown quantity.

Healio

masterK wrote:

Kicking King is most suited by 2.5 miles in my opinion, of the other favourites

That is probably true, but his plan for the last year and a half has been cheltenham.

masterK

I think you will find find that come Cheltenham Kicking King will go for the new 2.5 mile chase that has been added this year, there's no way he would see out the Gold Cup distance on such a stiff course.

Healio

masterK wrote:

I think you will find find that come Cheltenham Kicking King will go for the new 2.5 mile chase that has been added this year, there's no way he would see out the Gold Cup distance on such a stiff course.

Well i think you will find that tom taffee is obsessed with winning the gold cup, at the moment his whole status as a trainer relies on kicking king and i know for a fact that his plan is the gold cup, i guarantee, that kicking king will run in the gold cup, trust me i know the owner and trainer very well. He probably wont win it but he will run, and he will run every year that he can.

Healio

masterK wrote:

I think you will find find that come Cheltenham Kicking King will go for the new 2.5 mile chase that has been added this year, there's no way he would see out the Gold Cup distance on such a stiff course.

and on another point, he stayed pretty well up the hill in the arkle this year, and the royal and sun alliance the year before.

evillive

just a side note about tom taaffe

he has a few other interesting entries at kempton on sunday
kald river probably has a good chance in the novice chase i think

Crumbs

evillive wrote:

just a side note about tom taaffe

I was about to ask something similar.

Evillive, Kald River was taken out of that race - he wasn't left in at the last declaration stage.

Healio, do you have any word on Tumbling Dice? (Sunday, Kempton 3:45)

Healio

havent heard anything as yet, by the time i do i might not be able to post, but i would say that he is going to kempton for more than just a stable mate for the king.

Crumbs

Crumbs wrote:

Healio, do you have any word on Tumbling Dice? (Sunday, Kempton 3:45)

Ran very well. Just caught on the run-in and pipped by a neck.