COBDEN HOPES FRANC'S READY TO CASH IN

COURSE PROVEN Il Est Francais was runner-up last year

- BY DAVID YATES

HARRY COBDEN is confident Il Est Francais can be “absolutely Al” after he received the call-up to ride last year’s King George VI Chase runner-up at Kempton on Boxing Day.

Cobden will replace regular jockey James Reveley, who rode Il Est Francais to finish second to Banbridge 12 months ago — and was also on board when the seven-year-old was pulled up at Ascot last month.