King George 2013 Ante-Post

Late Chris-mas Present - 2012 runner-up Captain Chris looks a big price for the King George

With the market for Kempton’s festive showpiece getting Pricewised this week, now is probably a good time to start thinking about the big race which will be upon us now in just three weeks.

The King George is always a fabulous Boxing Day treat and is as much of a Christmas tradition for racing enthusiasts as awful jumpers and family arguments.

More so than getting that one present you really wanted finding the winner of the three mile contest can really make your Christmas.

In spite of the absence of the great Kauto Star last year’s renewal still delivered a cracker as Long Run and Captain Chris fought out an extremely narrow finish.

The latter horse has run creditably in defeat in this race two years in a row now and as the market currently stands he looks the value bet in the race to me as he aims to go one better than last year.