King kicks-off Punchestown entries

CHELTENHAM Gold Cup hero Kicking King is one of a clutch of big names among the possible runners at this month’s Punchestown Festival after entries for nine of the 10 Grade One races were revealed yesterday.

The meeting runs from April 26 to 29, with the feature event being the Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup.

Aside from the Tom Taaffe-trained Kicking King, among the 15 entries are four from Britain, including Kingscliff, who was vying for favouritism at Cheltenham before being withdrawn close to the race.