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King George VI Chase
King George VI Chase
| Grade 1 race | |
| Location | Kempton Park,Sunbury, England |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1937 |
| Race type | Steeplechase |
| Sponsor | Ladbrokes |
| Website | Kempton Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 3 miles (4,828 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
| Weight | 11 st 3 lb (4yo);11 st 10 lb (5yo+)Allowances7 lb for fillies and mares |
| Purse | £204,000 (2020)1st: £116,178 |
King George VI Chase
| 2020 | ||
| Frodon | Waiting Patiently | Clan Des Obeaux |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | ||
| Clan Des Obeaux | Cyrname | Footpad |
| 2018 | ||
| Clan Des Obeaux | Thistlecrack | Native River |
| 2017 | ||
| Might Bite | Double Shuffle | Tea For Two |
| 2016 | ||
| Thistlecrack | Cue Card | Silviniaco Conti |
| 2015 | ||
| Cue Card | Vautour | Al Ferof |
| 2014 | ||
| Silviniaco Conti | Dynaste | Al Ferof |
| 2013 | ||
| Silviniaco Conti | Cue Card | Al Ferof |
| 2012 | ||
| Long Run | Captain Chris | Grands Crus |
| 2011 | ||
| Kauto Star | Long Run | Captain Chris |
| 2010-2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Long Run | Riverside Theatre | Kauto Star |
| 2009 | ||
| Kauto Star | Madison Du Berlais | Barbers Shop |
| 2008 | ||
| Kauto Star | Albertas Run | Voy Por Ustedes |
| 2007 | ||
| Kauto Star | Our Vic | Exotic Dancer |
| 2006 | ||
| Kauto Star | Exotic Dancer | Racing Demon |
| 2005 | ||
| Kicking King | Monkerhostin | Impek |
| 2004 | ||
| Kicking King | Kingscliff | Azertyuiop |
| 2003 | ||
| Edredon Bleu | Tiutchev | First Gold |
| 2002 | ||
| Best Mate | Marlborough | Bacchanal |
| 2001 | ||
| Florida Pearl | Best Mate | Bacchanal |
| 2000-1991 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| First Gold | Florida Pearl | Bellator |
| 1999 | ||
| See More Business | Go Ballistic | Dr Leunt |
| 1998 | ||
| Teeton Mill | Escartefigue | Imperial Call |
| 1997 | ||
| See More Business | Challenger du Luc | Rough Quest |
| 1996 | ||
| One Man | Monsieur Le Cure | Master Oats |
| 1996 | ||
| One Man | Rough Quest | Barton Bank |
| 1994 | ||
| Algan | Monsieur Le Cure | Second Schedual |
| 1993 | ||
| Barton Bank | Bradbury Star | The Fellow |
| 1992 | ||
| The Fellow | Pat's Jester | The Illywhacker |
| 1991 | ||
| The Fellow | Docklands Express | Remittance Man |
| 1990-1981 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| Desert Orchid | Toby Tobias | The Fellow |
| 1989 | ||
| Desert Orchid | Barnbrook Again | Yahoo |
| 1988 | ||
| Desert Orchid | Kildimo | Vodkatini |
| 1987 | ||
| Nupsala | Desert Orchid | Golden Friend |
| 1986 | ||
| Desert Orchid | Door Latch | Bolands Cross |
| 1985 | ||
| Wayward Lad | Combs Ditch | Earls Brig |
| 1984 | ||
| Burrough Hill Lad | Combs Ditch | Wayward Lad |
| 1983 | ||
| Wayward Lad | Brown Chamberlin | The Mighty Mac |
| 1982 | ||
| Wayward Lad | Fifty Dollars More | Silver Buck |
| 1980-1971 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||
| Silver Buck | Anaglog's Daughter | Diamond Edge |
| 1979 | ||
| Silver Buck | Jack of Trumps | Border Incident |
| 1978 | ||
| Gay Spartan | Jack of Trumps | Chumson |
| 1977 | ||
| Bachelor's Hall | Uncle Bing | Royal Marshal |
| 1976 | ||
| Royal Marshal | Fort Devon | April Seventh |
| 1975 | ||
| Captain Christy | Bula | Royal Marshal |
| 1974 | ||
| Captain Christy | Pendil | Soothsayer |
| 1973 | ||
| Pendil | Inkslinger | The Dikler |
| 1972 | ||
| Pendil | The Dikler | Shawnigan |
| 1971 | ||
| The Dikler | Spanish Steps | Titus Oates |
| 1970-1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | ||
| Titus Oates | Flyingbolt | The Laird |
| 1966 | ||
| Dormant | Arkle | Maigret |
| 1965 | ||
| Arkle | Dormant | Arctic Ocean |
| 1964 | ||
| Frenchman's Cove | Jay Trump | Only two ran |
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Southern Hero | 12 | J. Fawcus | G. Evans |
| 1938 | Airgead Sios | 8 | T. McNeill | V. Tabor |
| 1939 | no race 1939–46 | |||
| 1947 | Rowland Roy | 8 | Bryan Marshall | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1948 | Cottage Rake | 9 | Aubrey Brabazon | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1949 | Finnure | 8 | Dick Francis | George Beeby |
| 1950 | Manicou | 5 | Bryan Marshall | Peter Cazalet |
| 1951 | Statecraft | 6 | Tony Grantham | Peter Cazalet |
| 1952 | Halloween | 7 | Fred Winter | Bill Wightman |
| 1953 | Galloway Braes | 8 | Bert Morrow | Alec Kilpatrick |
| 1954 | Halloween | 9 | Fred Winter | Bill Wightman |
| 1955 | Limber Hill | 8 | Jimmy Power | Bill Dutton |
| 1956 | Rose Park | 10 | Michael Scudamore | Peter Cazalet |
| 1957 | Mandarin | 6 | Gerry Madden | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1958 | Lochroe | 10 | Arthur Freeman | Peter Cazalet |
| 1959 | Mandarin | 8 | Gerry Madden | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1960 | Saffron Tartan | 9 | Fred Winter | Don Butchers |
| 1961 | no race 1961–62 | |||
| 1963 | Mill House | 6 | Willie Robinson | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1964 | Frenchman's Cove | 9 | Stan Mellor | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1965 | Arkle | 8 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1966 | Dormant | 9 | Jeff King | John Wells-Kendrew |
| 1967 | no race 1967–68 | |||
| 1969 | Titus Oates | 7 | Stan Mellor | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1970 | no race 1970 | |||
| 1971 | The Dikler | 8 | Barry Brogan | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1972 | Pendil | 7 | Richard Pitman | Fred Winter |
| 1973 | Pendil | 8 | Richard Pitman | Fred Winter |
| 1974 | Captain Christy | 7 | Bobby Coonan | Pat Taaffe |
| 1975 | Captain Christy | 8 | Gerry Newman | Pat Taaffe |
| 1976 | Royal Marshall II | 9 | Graham Thorner | Tim Forster |
| 1977 | Bachelor's Hall | 7 | Martin O'Halloran | Peter Cundell |
| 1978 | Gay Spartan | 7 | Tommy Carmody | Tony Dickinson |
| 1979 | Silver Buck | 7 | Tommy Carmody | Tony Dickinson |
| 1980 | Silver Buck | 8 | Tommy Carmody | Michael Dickinson |
| 1981 | no race 1981 | |||
| 1982 | Wayward Lad | 7 | John Francome | Michael Dickinson |
| 1983 | Wayward Lad | 8 | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson |
| 1984 | Burrough Hill Lad | 8 | John Francome | Jenny Pitman |
| 1985 | Wayward Lad | 10 | Graham Bradley | Monica Dickinson |
| 1986 | Desert Orchid | 7 | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1987 | Nupsala | 8 | André Pommier | François Doumen |
| 1988 | Desert Orchid | 9 | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1989 | Desert Orchid | 10 | Richard Dunwoody | David Elsworth |
| 1990 | Desert Orchid | 11 | Richard Dunwoody | David Elsworth |
| 1991 | The Fellow | 6 | Adam Kondrat | François Doumen |
| 1992 | The Fellow | 7 | Adam Kondrat | François Doumen |
| 1993 | Barton Bank | 7 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1994 | Algan | 6 | Philippe Chevalier | François Doumen |
| 1995 | One Man | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1996 | One Man | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1997 | See More Business | 7 | Andrew Thornton | Paul Nicholls |
| 1998 | Teeton Mill | 9 | Norman Williamson | Venetia Williams |
| 1999 | See More Business | 9 | Mick Fitzgerald | Paul Nicholls |
| 2000 | First Gold | 7 | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen |
| 2001 | Florida Pearl | 9 | Adrian Maguire | Willie Mullins |
| 2002 | Best Mate | 7 | Tony McCoy | Henrietta Knight |
| 2003 | Edredon Bleu | 11 | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
| 2004 | Kicking King | 6 | Barry Geraghty | Tom Taaffe |
| 2005 | Kicking King | 7 | Barry Geraghty | Tom Taaffe |
| 2006 | Kauto Star | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2007 | Kauto Star | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2008 | Kauto Star | 8 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2009 | Kauto Star | 9 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2010 | Long Run | 6 | Sam Waley-Cohen | Nicky Henderson |
| 2011 | Kauto Star | 11 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2012 | Long Run | 7 | Sam Waley-Cohen | Nicky Henderson |
| 2013 | Silviniaco Conti | 7 | Noel Fehily | Paul Nicholls |
| 2014 | Silviniaco Conti | 8 | Noel Fehily | Paul Nicholls |
| 2015 | Cue Card | 9 | Paddy Brennan | Colin Tizzard |
| 2016 | Thistlecrack | 8 | Tom Scudamore | Colin Tizzard |
| 2017 | Might Bite | 8 | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2018 | Clan des Obeaux | 6 | Harry Cobden | Paul Nicholls |
| 2019 | Clan des Obeaux | 7 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Paul Nicholls |
| 2020 | Frodon | 8 | Bryony Frost | Paul Nicholls |
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