LAST year’s renewal is usually a good place to start when you are looking for the winner of this year’s Ladbrokes King George VI Chase.

The attributes that you need for a King George are quite well defined. Kempton is a flat, park track, you need pace and you need class, and you need to be able to travel and jump, and generally you need to be close enough to the pace, if not right up with it. It is a race that fosters repeat winners.