The major thing in his favour is that he is being prepared by trainer Francois Doumen, already the King George winner five times in all with Nupsala, The Fellow (twice) and Algan as well as First Gold.
Among the entries for the Cheltenham race was Binocular, trained by Nicky Henderson, who is the current favourite for the Champion Hurdle and this year's winner Katchit, from the Alan King yard.