Azertyuiop 50-50 for King George

PAUL NICHOLLS is still unsure whether his crack two-miler Azertyuiop will step up in distance for the Stan James King George VI Chase at Kempton on St Stephen’s Day.

The Ditcheat handler will be represented in the Grade One showpiece by his Peterborough Chase winner Le Roi Miguel, but has yet to make a decision over Azertyuiop’s participation.

The seven-year-old has not raced beyond two miles one furlong over fences, so the King George’s three-mile trip would be totally new territory, and Nicholls has the option of running him in a race over the minimum distance at Wetherby on the same day.