Dancer camp considers options

Prolific French chaser Mid Dancer could still take on the best home-based talent in the Stan James King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day – despite a “technical error” meaning his name does not currently appear among the entries.

The six-year-old has emerged triumphant 18 times to date and has already won three Grade Ones and accrued total prize money of almost £1m (€1.48m).

Last seen on these shores just over a year ago when second to Monet’s Garden at Carlisle, Mid Dancer’s connections have yet to rule out supplementing him for the King George.

Owner Sean Mulryan’s racing manager Herve Barjot said: “There was a technical error and he wasn’t entered in the King George.

“If we decide on the race, we will make a supplementary entry,” he told the Racing Post.

“We have no fixed plans for Mid Dancer, except that he will run in the Leon Olry-Roederer at Auteuil on November 25.”