No hiding place for Kauto Star

I WILL be most disappointed should Kauto Star fail to deliver in the Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown this evening.

I’ve said it before and will say it again, Kauto is best going left-handed, notwithstanding the fact he has won four King Georges at Kempton.

But that is only a minor matter and I really don’t envisage there being any need for excuses. I haven’t sat on him since the Gold Cup at Cheltenham, but Paul Nicholls tells me he is in great order and has travelled over well.