{"id":26964,"date":"2024-12-26T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=26964"},"modified":"2024-12-26T09:11:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T09:11:15","slug":"who-is-the-2024-king-george-chase-favourite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/who-is-the-2024-king-george-chase-favourite\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is The 2024 King George VI Chase Favourite For The Kempton Boxing Day Feature?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The King George Chase favourite ahead of Boxing Day’s Kempton showpiece race could chop and change between now and race time, in what looks a tight market this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a race hardened horse racing<\/a> fans join up with the many ‘once a year’<\/em> punters to try and get the Christmas expenses paid for – but just how many King George favourites win, who is the market leader this year and when was the last jolly to land the big race?<\/p>\n

We answer all these King George Chase favourite related questions for the race that is being shown LIVE on ITV Racing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spillane’s Tower Expected To Be The King George Chase Favourite<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The current King George Chase favourite with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a> is the Jimmy Mangan-trained Spillane’s Tower<\/strong>, who was recently supplemented for \u00a34,600 to get into the race.<\/p>\n

This exciting 6 year-old was last seen running the current Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Fact To File close in the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown – which many feel is the best form coming into the 2024 King George VI Chase (watch below).<\/p>\n

Spillane’s Tower would also be looking to give owner JP McManus his second King George winner<\/a>. With his only other success in this race in 2000 with First Gold.<\/p>\n

If Spillane’s Tower<\/a> can win, it was also be trainer Jimmy Mangan’s first winner this season.<\/p>\n