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There isn’t a great deal that’s pretty much the same this Christmas as it was last year, but the betting for this afternoon’s King George VI Chase, the feature event of the Festive season, seems eerily familiar. Clan Des Obeaux, Cyrname and Lostintranslation were the front three in the betting 12 months ago and they dominate the market again today, with only last season’s Gold Cup runner-up Santini – who was the beaten favourite in the Kauto Star Novice Chase a year ago – to remind us that it is 2020 and not 2019.
Their prices are a little different, of course, as Clan Des Obeaux was sent off at what now seems like the insulting price of 11-2 to win a second successive King George, while Cyrname was the 5-4 favourite with Lostintranslation (15-8) not far behind.
