After possibly the worst King George ever now the worst Lexus ever?!

agree. Yorkhill trying to make the running there was ambitious imo

is it a rubbish race because the top 3 in the market didn't place ?

It was a good race to watch but form wise it’s a major head scratcher....

Fantastic race.

Bookmakers grinning from ear to ear with that result.

Think SJ will bounce back from that.

Didn’t look 100% out there.

surprise choice of race for sizing john and terrible tactics from yorkie

yeah , wonder what trainer will say

Where should he have run then the fear

Bizarre trying to make all on Yorkhill especially considering he relaxed early doors

Don't think Townend had much choice, dropped him in and horse just pulled him to the front. Will go Champion Chase.

Bizarrre tactics on Yorkhill and also running Sizing John so quick after his seasonal reappearance just over 2 weeks ago on heavy ground doesn’t look to be the wisest decision now....

patsy any small field races in UK? i wouldnt know without looking. Today was always going to be a big battle

Confirmed...Sizing John found to be clinically abnormal (post race vet check)

Yorkhill ran like a non-trier.
I doubt if connections had anything to do with its short price.

Farcical situation when the same owner has 12356 in a Grade 1 race.

It was a good race.Lots of winners will come out of it in the next 4 months.john joes horse ran well with the head gear back on.

can't agree sageform, it's farcical when the same owner has most of the runners but it's not farcical when the 6 out perform other big owners' horses

worst ever,with GC winner, Djakadam GC placed and still a talking horse Yorkhill plus the best of O'Learys seasoned and promising stayers. The winner ran a blinder and can trouble them all at Cheltenham, tbf the King George was a much lesser race with no depth to it unless you still believe in Thistlecrack ( and the tooth fairy ).

I disagree. It was not the best renewal but certainly not the worst. The 3 principals in the betting eg the fav SJ did not run his usual race due to clinical abnormality; Yorkhill did not stay; Djakadam on the regress However, I'd agree the form is suspect, and the winner is unlikely to trouble the judge come the Cheltenham Festival next March.

Similarly, neither was the King George. The winner Might Bite - he ran two races - is progressive, and cannot be faulted beating a supposedly average field as some have suggested; Bristol De Mai annihilated his field in atrocious condition in the Betfair Chase; Fox Norton is a prolific 2miler trying 3m 1st time; Whisper ran several good races in gde 1/2 and a good yardstick. The rest including Thistlecrack (post injury) were moderate and exposed gde 1/2 have been.

I think Might Nite could easily confound those who carped his performance in the King George and position in the Gold Cup market.

Timeform's view ;


The King George was the much-anticipated feature, but it didn’t fully deliver, in part due to the superiority of the winner Might Bite (down 2 lb to 172). The pace wasn't so strong as might have been anticipated, slower indeed for a long way than in the Kauto Star earlier on the card. This was Might Bite’s biggest success to date however and, despite not producing the electric performances of his novice career, he never really looking in danger of defeat. He holds leading claims for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Sizing John the obvious obstacle in his path. The disappointment of the race was Bristol de Mai (170 from 173+), who just wasn’t in the same form away from the mud (unable to match his Wetherby form, never mind what he achieved at Haydock), discomforted by the attentions of the winner, not jumping so well as a result and left for dead after four out. He might as well go for the Cotswold Chase, as conditions ought to be in his favour, and it's hard to see him winning at Cheltenham or Aintree in the spring on anything other than very soft ground. Thistlecrack (down 7 lb to 166) took a step forward from his reappearance back over fences, but may never be the horse he was, the main threat to the winner early in the straight before his effort petered out; he may be able to build further on this, though.