Trabolgan Firmly On Course For King George Trabolgan has been given a clean bill of health following his impressive display in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup and is on course for the Stan James King George VI Chase at Sandown on Boxing Day. The seven-year-old, having his first race since winning the Royal & SunAlliance Chase in March, defeated L´Ami to give Mick Fitzgerald and Nicky Henderson their first win in the Newbury feature. Henderson pointed to the relative inexperience of his charge and the probable improvement to come in his Christmas assignment. He said: 'It´s easy to forget the Hennessy was only his seventh race over jumps and for that reason the one thing I was always worried about beforehand was his inexperience. 'That´s why I entered him for the intermediate chase at Sandown on Friday. 'The attraction of the Hennessy over the Betfair Chase was that he originally had 11st and it actually finished up being like a limited handicap with a weight range of only 16lb, which obviously helped.' Reporting Trabolgan to have taken his exertions well, Henderson added: 'I´ve never won the King George but it´s the natural race for him and it would be quite nice to be able to tick the box.'(C) PA Sport
