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title: "King George legend Silviniaco Conti dies"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Sydney Davis"
section: "News"
published: "2018-04-10T12:30:59Z"
modified: "2018-04-10T12:30:59Z"
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# King George legend Silviniaco Conti dies

Trainer Paul Nicholls has today confirmed that Silviniaco Conti has died following a incident while team chasing on Sunday morning.

The classy chaser won over £1 million in prize money throughout his luxurious racing career, picking up some major honours in the process.

Paul Nicholls said via his [Betfair](https://betting.betfair.com/horse-racing/paul-nicholls/paul-nicholls-news-silviniaco-conti-9-april-2018-090418-9.html) column:

> He was a brilliant horse with great scope and won seven Grade 1 chases for us including the King George VI in successive years and also six Grade 2 chases.

![Harry Trump/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readhorseracing.com/readhorseracing/2018/04/509149962-1.jpg)

However, Conti didn’t seem to be himself when seen at the Aintree festival last year, finishing a remote sixth in the Betway Bowl, and not long after he was retired and began to enjoy a new life with Charlotte Alexander in Stow-on-the-Wold.

Nicholls added.

> The initial diagnosis at the vets on Monday suggested he would be fine but unfortunately he took a turn for the worse and died early this afternoon.

A sad day for Paul Nicholls and owners Chris Giles and Sullivan Bloodstock.