| R4 GB - KEMPTON PARK | 26 December 2001 |
| King George VI Chase (Grade 1) G1 CHSE ($226,200), 4828m 5:57.60 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | FLORIDA PEARL (IRE) 9yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS A MAGUIRE | 74.5 $9.00 | |||||||
| FLORIDA SON (GB) - ICE PEARL (GB) | ||||||||||
| MRS V O'LEARY | 2nd | BEST MATE (IRE) 6yo Gelding | MISS H C KNIGHT A P MCCOY | 74.5 $3.50 | ||||||
| UN DESPERADO (FR) - KATDAY (FR) | ||||||||||
| MR JIM LEWIS | 3rd | BACCHANAL (IRE) 7yo Gelding | NICKY J. HENDERSON M A FITZGERALD | 74.5 $5.00 | ||||||
| BOB BACK (USA) - JUSTITIA (GB) | ||||||||||
| LADY L-WEBBER | ||||||||||
| 4th | FIRST GOLD (FR) 8yo Gelding | FRANCOIS DOUMEN T DOUMEN | 74.5 $2.50 | |||||||
| 5th | LEGAL RIGHT (USA) 8yo Gelding | JONJO O'NEILL J R KAVANAGH | 74.5 $13.00 | |||||||
| 6th | FADALKO (FR) 8yo Gelding | P F NICHOLLS T J MURPHY | 74.5 $26.00 | |||||||
| 7th | GO BALLISTIC (GB) 12yo Gelding | MISS H C KNIGHT D GALLAGHER | 74.5 $34.00 | |||||||
| 98th | BELLATOR (GB) 8yo Gelding | MISS VENETIA WILLIAMS BRIAN CROWLEY | 74.5 $67.00 | |||||||
Florida Pearl was the best chaser in Ireland early this century and the two-time Cheltenham Festival winner - previously placed in two Cheltenham Gold Cups - triumphed over none other than Best Mate in a deserved success for trainer Willie Mullins, jockey Adrian Maguire and owner Arthur O'Leary.
