# King George VI Chase Winners: The Full Roll of Honour (1970-2026)

_Every King George VI Chase winner since 1970 - horse, age, starting price, jockey and trainer - with the trends that emerge across the full roll of honour. Source-verified._

*Source: [https://stablebet.co.uk/uk-racecourses/kempton-park/king-george-vi-chase-winners/](https://stablebet.co.uk/uk-racecourses/kempton-park/king-george-vi-chase-winners/) · last updated 2026-07-19*

The King George VI Chase is Kempton's Boxing Day showpiece and the mid-season championship for staying chasers, a flat, fast, three-mile test that has crowned nearly every great chaser of the past half-century. This is the full roll of honour from 1970 to 2026 - winner, age, starting price, jockey and trainer - with the age, market and training trends that emerge across the whole history.

Every row is source-verified against two independent records; unsourced cells are left blank rather than guessed. The years the race was lost to frost, or rerun in January, are shown honestly as not run.

For the track and its card, see [Kempton Park Racecourse](/uk-racecourses/kempton-park/) and the live [racecards](/racecards/).

Every winner since 1970, newest first. SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.

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### What the trends tell you

Read these as history, not a system. Unlike the big handicaps, the King George is run at level weights, so class tells - and the roll of honour is a list of genuine champions. Kauto Star's five wins and Desert Orchid's four are the headline records; Paul Nicholls is comfortably the most successful trainer. Favourites and short prices win far more often here than in a National, because there is no handicapper bringing the field together. None of this is advice, it is simply what the race has done.

## Betting on the King George VI Chase

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## King George VI Chase winners: FAQ

### Which horse has won the King George VI Chase most often?
Kauto Star, five times between 2006 and 2011 - a modern record. Desert Orchid won it four times in the 1980s and 1990s.

### Who has trained the most King George winners?
Paul Nicholls, with thirteen in our 1970-2026 records - a remarkable haul built on a succession of top staying chasers.

### When is the King George VI Chase run?
On Boxing Day at Kempton Park, over three miles at level weights.

### Has the King George ever been abandoned?
Yes. As a Boxing Day fixture it has been lost to frost in some years and occasionally rerun in January - the roll of honour shows those years as not run.