Leopardstown for Disko instead of King George Noel Meade has announced Disko will not take up his entry in the 32Red King George VI Chase at Kempton. A dual Grade One winner as a novice over fences last season, the Gigginstown House Stud-owned grey made a successful reappearance in a Grade Two at Down Royal last month. With Gigginstown already well represented in the Leopardstown Christmas Chase - formerly the Lexus - on December 28, there had been suggestions Disko could cross the Irish Sea for Kempton's festive feature, but Meade is keen to keep him on home soil. He said: " Disko is not going to run in the King George. It looks a very hot race and it seems stupid to travel over there and run into all those horses when we can run him an hour up the road." Should Disko line up in the Leopardstown Christmas Chase, he could well meet his stablemate Road To Respect. Meade added: " I'd say the plan would be to run him (Disko) in Leopardstown and if the other horse runs there as well, that's sort of immaterial. "If the two of them meet each other then it'll work itself out."
