Paul Nicholls has as many wins in the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase as trainers’ championships after Bravemansgame delivered him an incredible 13th success in the Boxing Day feature at Kempton.
The 13-time champion almost lost his voice shouting home the winner who executed a long range plan to overcome the 9-4 favourite L’Homme Presse - who was beaten but holding second when unseating jockey Charlie Deutsch at the final fence.
The 11-4 chance won by 14 lengths, with Royale Pagaille claiming second place and Nicholls’s 2020 King George winner Frodon third, to earn a crack at the Cheltenham Gold Cup for which he is 8-1 with William Hill.
