The Dan Skelton-trained chaser is hoping to follow in the hoofprints of great greys at Kempton on Boxing Day
A bold-jumping grey in the King George at Kempton: for a dozen years from the mid‑1980s, it was a Boxing Day tradition as Desert Orchid, One Man and Teeton Mill racked up seven wins from nine appearances between them. And as Robert Kirkland, a racehorse owner for nearly 40 years, still recalls, there might have been another.
“The first horse I ever had a share in was called High Edge Grey,” Kirkland said this week. “He won the Charlie Hall at Wetherby in 1988 and the plan was to go to Kempton, but then he hurt his back in the Hennessy at Newbury. In those days, you didn’t have chiropractors for horses, and he missed it.”
Written by Greg Wood
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/24/grey-dawning-bids-to-follow-in-desert-orchid-tradition-for-king-george-chase-glory-horse-racing under the title “Grey Dawning bids to follow in Desert Orchid tradition for King George glory”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
