{"id":185072,"date":"2025-06-15T00:46:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T00:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185072\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T00:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T00:46:38","slug":"king-george-winner-bravemansgame-moved-from-paul-nicholls-and-will-continue-career-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185072\/","title":{"rendered":"King George winner Bravemansgame moved from Paul Nicholls and will continue career in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KING GEORGE hero Bravemansgame has been moved to France in a bid to reignite his career over jumps.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-year-old will now be trained by 29-year-old Marine Pineda in Chantilly having spent the last six years with 14-time champion trainer Paul Nicholls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse race at Kempton Racecourse.\" height=\"580\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"PA\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bravemansgame-ridden-harry-cobden-goes-785034650.jpg\" data-caption=\"Bravemansgame won the King George in 2022\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bravemansgame-ridden-harry-cobden-goes-785034650.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Bravemansgame won the King George in 2022Credit: PA<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man and a brown horse.\" height=\"632\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"PA\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/27-02-2023-bravemansgame-trainer-870591781.jpg\" data-caption=\"He spent six years with 14-time champions trainer Paul Nicholls\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/27-02-2023-bravemansgame-trainer-870591781.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>He spent six years with 14-time champions trainer Paul NichollsCredit: PA<\/p>\n<p>His best season came in 2022-23 when he won the King George at Kempton on Boxing Day before running a mighty race in defeat when second to Galopin Des Champs in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.<\/p>\n<p>In total he won nine races for Nicholls and \u00a3726,484 in prize-money for his owner Bryan Drew.<\/p>\n<p>But his form took a dip this season, with his best performance coming in the Betfair Chase when he was third behind Royale Pagaille. His final run for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/paul-nicholls\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Paul Nicholls (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul Nicholls<\/a> came in the Grand National when he finished 15th.<\/p>\n<p>Drew, who is not averse to moving his horses between trainers, felt a change of scenery would do him some good.<\/p>\n<p>After discussions with Nicholls, they felt switching him to France could help him rediscover some spark in the autumn of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholls said: &#8220;He has been a great horse for us at Ditcheat and we had some memorable days with him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He won three Grade 1s for us, including a Challow Hurdle and a King George, and he ran a blinder in the Gold Cup a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has had some hard races over the years, and Bryan just felt he would have a better chance of winning a race in France at this stage in his career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have no problem at all with the decision, it&#8217;s worth a try and hopefully he goes over there and has a good time of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/horseracing\/25129053\/horse-racing-free-bets\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"FREE BETS - GET THE BEST SIGN UP DEALS AND RACING OFFERS (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FREE BETS &#8211; GET THE BEST SIGN UP DEALS AND RACING OFFERS<\/a>Commercial content notice: Taking one of the offers featured in this article may result in a payment to The Sun. 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