We can hope that he’ll be as good as he was but the odds are generally against it. It would be great to see him win the King George, looking just as good as he did last Boxing Day. I think they might have got the wrong favourite for the earlier novice chase. The nap is Monbeg River (2.00) at Doncaster, where he’s 11-4 for a five-runner handicap chase. From the same mark, Monbeg River could take this from Master Burbidge, penalised for winning a soft race at Plumpton.

Source: The Guardian December 01, 2017 11:15 UTC