King could dominate for the next few years

KICKING King’s victory in the Gold Cup was enough to convince me that he has what it takes to dominate the blue riband of the Cheltenham Festival for many years to come.

It was a great performance from Tom Taaffe’s horse under Barry Geraghty. He stayed on fantastically well and got the trip really well. Just looking at the way he was travelling was very impressive.

Obviously Best Mate wasn’t here and all Kicking King had to do was go and beat the rest, but that was still a tall order. There’s a lot of talk about how Best Mate wouldn’t have been able to live with Kicking King out there yesterday, but we’ll never know how that one would have turned out.