The 2025 King George VI Chase

[Ian_Davies]

Course record, apparently - there's more then one way to run a fast (or at least break the track record) overall time in a horse race.

 

[edgt]

Course record apparently.
2 noses and a neck or so.
Bad judges of pace ?

 

[barjon]

It was a new course record by half a second

 

[barjon]

Snap

 

[Ian_Davies]

Three-way photo same as the race.

 

[Gullible]

What a good job not everyone has the TV on mute

 

[granger]

Course record, apparently - there's more then one way to run a fast (or at least break the track record) overall time in a horse race.

Intriguing

My naked eye didn't think it so

 

[Ricko]

They did look to be going a touch slow early on, but they wound it up from a long way out and obviously paced it perfectly. Some performance from The Jukebox Man, he's just so talented and there's still more to come from him. Cracking race.

 

[Desert Orchid]

The horse must have had some proper back form for you to back a Harry Redknapp horse, DO! Well done.

I can't stand HR and hate when his horses win (or even run) because you just know the TV people are going to be all over him.

The horse didn't have the form for me. The bet was because it had been well touted in a number of early-season articles and stable tours, with this race reportedly the aim. It was 16/1 the morning of its prep and I reckoned that would probably be halved if it won - which it was entirely entitled to do so - so I really just wanted it onside at that stage.

To be honest, I had just about written the bet off, merely clinging to the hope that its home reputation would be vindicated and even then I wasn't convinced it could actually go and beat them.

Better to be lucky than good, etc.

 

[Desert Orchid]

Am I missing something here? Crawl and sprint, shit rides a plenty. I thought it was a bit meh honestly.

I haven't seen the sectionals but it looked to me like they started fast then eased back a fair bit but they seemed to be churning out 14s furlongs in the final mile. That struck me as quite fast and they did apparently break the track record.

It was a finish worthy of the Wokingham

 

[reet hard]

Intriguing

My naked eye didn't think it so

Intriguing

My naked eye didn't think it so

Check other race times.
It was fast ground ffs.

 

[Slim]

The question is whether Gaelic Warrior and Fact To File are overhyped, or if the John Durkan took too much out of them.

 

[Len Madeiros]

Has the race thrown up a few overrated horses? The first four finished in a heap, in record time.

GDC and Iknowetc are still a way ahead of them, as far as Cheltenham is concerned.

 

[Slim]

It's lining up to be a good Gold Cup field.

 

[barjon]