{"id":103928,"date":"2025-05-15T16:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/103928\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:12:10","slug":"long-season-blamed-for-latest-il-est-francais-defeat-as-connections-target-king-george-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/103928\/","title":{"rendered":"Long season blamed for latest Il Est Francais defeat as connections target King George redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"Text__0__GlideArticleBody\">Noel George believes a long, hard season finally caught up with <a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link__02__GlideArticleBody\" id=\"il-est-francais\" class=\"sc-b2c32ca0-0 dLKaTt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/profile\/horse\/3974499\/il-est-francais\/form\" rel=\"noopener\">Il Est Francais<\/a> at Compiegne on Wednesday, with the talented seven-year-old to be given a summer break before having another crack at the King George VI Chase.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__1__GlideArticleBody\">The 2023 Grade 1 Kauto Star winner made a bold bid from the front in last year&#8217;s running of the Ladbrokes-backed King George, just getting run down by Banbridge in the final strides, and George hopes with a cleaner preparation \u2013 which could take in the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon \u2013 his stable star could go one better.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__2__GlideArticleBody\">Since his bold show in the King George he has finished sixth in the Ryanair Chase, won a conditions hurdle at Lyon and then placed an 11-and-a-half-length third behind the Nicky Henderson-trained Aston Martini in a Listed hurdle at Compiegne.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb0b4133-2 cgVXXE\">Read award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing, with exclusive news, interviews, columns, investigations, stable tours and subscriber-only emails.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to unlock<\/p>\n<ul 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