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King George is the aim for delightful Djelo
The Gazette
|December 08, 2025
A TILT at the King George looms large for Djelo after he produced a dominant front-running display to successfully defend the Sky Bet Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon.
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The Venetia Williams-trained seven-year-old was a facile winner of the two-and-a-half-mile Grade Two 12 months ago and having made a fine start to his campaign by winning the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby, he was a 5-6 favourite to make it back-to-back victories in Huntingdon's feature race in the hands of Charlie Deutsch.
While his task was undoubtedly made easier by the fact Willie Mullins’ Irish raider Saint Sam proved bitterly disappointing, with his jumping falling apart before he was eventually pulled up by Harry Cobden, Djelo was accurate at his obstacles throughout in the lead and was not hard pressed to score by four and three-quarter lengths from Alan King's admirable veteran Edwardstone.
Paddy Power make Djelo an 8-1 shot from 12-1 for the King George VI Chase and Kempton's Boxing Day showpiece is now firmly on the agenda.
This story is from the December 08, 2025 edition of The Gazette.
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