A three-mile chase around flat, right-handed Kempton suits some horses more than others and the field for Saturday’s £150,000 Coral Trophy includes the first, third and fourth from last year’s race and the winner in 2021. The weights, meanwhile, are headed by Frodon, the King George VI Chase winner over track and trip in 2020 and third home in the same race two months ago.
Frodon, who won his most recent start in a handicap in the Badger Beer Chase at Wincanton in November, is just 3lb higher on Saturday and will go to post with a serious chance, not least if Bryony Frost can get him into a rhythm in front.
