Awesome Kauto rips apart King George field

KAUTO STAR once again showed his class as he ripped apart a top-class field to take the Stan James King George VI Chase at Kempton yesterday by a staggering 11 lengths.

The Gold Cup hero thrilled the biggest crowd for over six years as more than 25,000 people packed into the Sunbury venue to see Ruby Walsh steer the 4-6 favourite to a thumping victory.

With stablemate Denman having hogged the headlines since the Hennessy, the Paul Nicholls-trained seven-year-old needed to reaffirm his position at the top of the tree and did so in tremendous style.