Key events
Kauto Star Novice Chase (Kempton, 1.20pm)
And they leave. in second place … with Hyland in the lead … Jukebox Man is ready for the challenge and jumps well to the fifth end … Hyland and Jukebox Man go home … Jukebox Man is too good and kicks bright to win.
Greg Wood
Kauto Star Novice Chase (Kempton, 1.20pm) preview
The first Grade Card single event, and also the race won so heavily 12 months ago by Il Est Francais, one of the market leaders for King George in the two-race season. This type of favorite has not been good in recent years, with only one delivery in the last 11 punters, but there is a lot to like about the requests. Jukebox Manin the colors of Harry Redknapp after a polished debut at Newbury last month. He is also one of only two runners in the field with a run over the fences in the book, so he has more of a plot to develop than most of his opponents. Masaccio who was two the length of a second at The Jukebox Man at Newbury, is a 4-1 chance to return to form in which he will start his third game, while. Hyland, White Rhino and Paulus Nicetas Welcome To Cartries the other runner making the start of the second race, completes a small but very competitive field.
CHOICE: THE JUKEBOX MAN
Formby Novice Hurdle (Aintree, 1.05pm) performance
1 The Potter’s Rabbit Event fav
2 Miami Magic 6/1
Formby Novice Hurdle (Aintree, 1.05pm)
Reader warning: It is foggy, and this would be a limited report! Roadlesstravelled and the honorable Potter’s hare are the first leaders … now they run to the darkness … and now from that foggy side of the track the same order now … now I can’t see the thing and rely on Aintree’s diary … Celtic Dino comes to the leaders and taking the course … Celtic Dino turns to home with Potter’s Hare right behind … Potter’s Hare and Miami Magic are now in battle and Potter’s Grace is better. of rival in closing.
Formby Novice Hurdle (Aintree, 1.05pm) betting
Ladbrokes Best Odds Trap Chase (Kempton, 12.45pm) results
1 Leader in The Park 5-1
2 This is La Pasta 15-8 fav
3 The river 11-1
Ladbrokes Best Odds Trap Chase (Kempton, 12.45pm)
And they go… El Rio and Dux In Park take off to the start of the flying … with Dux In Park leading in the first stage … Es Perfecto has lost places and is now behind … Asta La Pasta continues well … Fire Flyer rides … Asta La Pasta moves into third still evenly matched… Leader In The Park and Asta La Pasta go home… Leader In The Park woke up from the front and although Asta La Pasta was traveling strongly AGASO Ben Jones decided well from the front to win Leader In The Park.
Ladbrokes Best Odds Trap Chase (Kempton, 12.45pm) betting
Greg Wood
Ladbrokes Best Odds Trap Chase (Kempton, 12.45pm) preview
A tricky little competition to kick off the King George schedule, with one non-runner – No Absence – reducing the field to an ideal “eight eight hundred dead” runners for each goal. Fire Flyer from Pauline Nicholls’ yard, and Dan Skelton’s This is La Pasta now they are competing for favor and each clearly affirms, but there are many options for each way of living elsewhere in the field, among which. range which already surpasses the appearance of the hedges, which look like better fences and are more polished It’s perfect who is more exposed, but has form in these races after edging the mark over fences at the fifth attempt last season. My original pick here was Leave Of Absence but in his, well, absence, I’m intended to side with Range each-way to progress from his latest win at a track that suits front-runners.
Beloved: Traction
Look out for Kopek Des Bordes who just won at Leopardstown despite crashing over hurdles on his first jump over…
How good could Kopek Des Bordes be?
he does not jump over a single hurdle, even the last one, when needed.
Expect to see another horse with a lot of training and Paul killed again.
However, it was closed for pic.twitter.com/FAPaULGWVH
– Pete (@RiskForRewards) December 26, 2024
Kelvin MacKenzie, who calls himself “the happiest Sun editor ever.” Kempton and it was revealed that everyone there was getting a free scarf and a cake. His claim is “[I] “I’m not a Socialist in place” won’t go down well with Greg Wood or my colleague Chris Cook if it’s done.
He has just arrived at the Ladbrokes Boxing Day meeting at Kempton Park and has already been offered a free scarf and a crisp crust. No wonder the floating joints. To perform no Socialist in place.
Read some old tosh from the NHS claiming gambling addiction is on the rise. NHS…— Kelvin MacKenzie (@kelvmackenzie) December 26, 2024
Reaching Constitution Hill here Kempton …
Weather update… the Aintree race has been delayed due to fog.
There will now be up to 15-minute delays to the races at Aintree with television cameras redeployed due to fog
– Racing Post (@RacingPost) December 26, 2024
Hello and welcome to this boxing day bonanza. It is indeed rare that the King George VI Chase, one of the great races in the jumping calendar, threatens to be overshadowed, but this is the case at Kempton today with Constitution Hill making a comeback in the Christmas Hurdle against current Champion Hurdle favorite Lossiemouth. Coach Nicky Henderson had many hiccups; here by my colleague Greg Woodwith the acquisition of race control last year, at least they did not lose faith in the opposite direction. The folks at BestofBets.com the report “is by far the punters’ favorite as he attracted almost 60% of all bets” and is now the favorite in his rival’s big market odds earlier in the week. It is worth noting that the expert evaluators of Timeform have placed Hill in the top ten phalanxes of all time alongside some of the greats of the 1970s and just 3lb behind the mighty Istabraq.
The beginning
Hello from Kempton, where the festive circulators are pouring through the gates to see what happens, yes, I would probably do that, most eagerly anticipated. King George VI Chase paper century
The feature event itself is a cracking, wide open, 11-runner competition with a decent case to be made for those 10 and live contenders from both Ireland and France with extra cash added. And it was supported by the long awaited and anticipated Constitution Hillone of all the great hurdles, in the Christmas Hurdle, after 366 days to romp, with easy success in the same race last year.
There will certainly not be anything like this direct today, as Willie Mullins sent the sea Lossiemouthalready a double winner of the festival at Cheltenham, in which he promises that he will have his promises – with which he has promised a respect equal to his own. Burdett The way – Head to head for centuries.
It seemed entirely possible after the last declarations earlier in the week that, for the first time since his stage debut in December 2021, Constitution Hill had not left as a popular race today. Punters have got their busy Christmas day cards back, though, and the top two have flip-flopped in betting, with Constitution Hill now worth or money and Lossiemouth up to 5-4.
It could all change again, of course, as the bet heats away 10 minutes before, and the same about King George. Spillane Tower to bid for owner JP McManus’s first ever Christmas win is now top-priced at 100-30, but one each. Banbridge (5-1); He is French (11-2) or even Gray Dawn (13-2) – because who does not love gray in the court of King George? – It could still move to the top of the betting if punters catch their imagination.
Acts of Man From Venice, the red-hot Williams stable was also attracting money this morning, although the ideal would probably be a bit more cut into the ground, which is officially a good thing, in soft places.
As always, you can follow all the action, reaction, market and more here on the blog from the first race to the last, and the action will be on at 12.45 when the novice chases down the handicap, the ITV racing program also includes in Grades one the Formby Novice Hurdle (1.05) at Aintree and Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase winner Wetherby (1.35).