| R4 GB - KEMPTON PARK | 26 December 2002 |
| King George VI Chase (Grade 1) G1 CHSE ($243,600), 4828m 6:17.70 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | BEST MATE (IRE) 7yo Gelding | MISS H C KNIGHT A P MCCOY | 74.5 $2.38 | |||||||
| UN DESPERADO (FR) - KATDAY (FR) | ||||||||||
| MR JIM LEWIS | 2nd | MARLBOROUGH (IRE) 10yo Gelding | NICKY J. HENDERSON T J MURPHY | 74.5 $15.00 | ||||||
| STRONG GALE (GB) - WREKENOGAN (GB) | ||||||||||
| SIR ROBERT OGDEN | 3rd | BACCHANAL (IRE) 8yo Gelding | NICKY J. HENDERSON M A FITZGERALD | 74.5 $4.33 | ||||||
| BOB BACK (USA) - JUSTITIA (GB) | ||||||||||
| LADY L-WEBBER | ||||||||||
| 4th | FLORIDA PEARL (IRE) 10yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS R WALSH | 74.5 $9.00 | |||||||
| 5th | NATIVE UPMANSHIP (IRE) 9yo Gelding | A L T MOORE C O'DWYER | 74.5 $8.00 | |||||||
| 6th | WAHIBA SANDS (GB) 9yo Gelding | MARTIN PIPE TOM SCUDAMORE | 74.5 $67.00 | |||||||
| 98th | SHOOTING LIGHT (IRE) 9yo Gelding | MARTIN PIPE RODI GREENE | 74.5 $26.00 | |||||||
| 98th | FLAGSHIP UBERALLES (IRE) 8yo Gelding | P J HOBBS RICHARD JOHNSON | 74.5 $11.00 | |||||||
| 98th | LORD NOELIE (IRE) 9yo Gelding | MISS H C KNIGHT JOHN MCNAMARA | 74.5 $41.00 | |||||||
| 98th | DOUZE DOUZE (FR) 6yo Gelding | GUILLAUME MACAIRE CYRILLE GOMBEAU | 74.5 $13.00 | |||||||
Brilliant three-time Gold Cup winner Best Mate also proved he could act around Kempton on Boxing Day, landing the 2002 King George VI Chase on his second attempt at the big race for trainer Henrietta Knight and trainer Jim Lewis. Jockey AP McCoy believed that, if he had ridden the horse before, Best Mate would have won the King George the previous year when beaten three-quarters of a length by Florida Pearl.
