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.

King kicks-off Punchestown entries
Tue, 12 Apr, 2005 - 01:00
Tom Peacock

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the 15 entries are four from Britain, including Kingscliff, who was vying for favouritism at Cheltenham before being withdrawn close to the race.

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