King ready for Red-letter day

KICKING KING pleased trainer Tom Taaffe in a workout yesterday morning prior to his run in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran on Saturday.

King ready for Red-letter day
Wed, 13 Feb, 2008 - 00:00
Nick Robson and Keith Hamer

The 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner made an eye-catching return to action behind Nickname in the Normans Grove Chase after an absence of 759 days.

Taaffe had to decide between the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown last weekend and the Red Mills on Saturday and made his decision purely on the timing of the races.

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