Kauto’s Gold Cup bid back on track after injury scare

KAUTO Star is once again an odds-on favourite to land back-to-back victories in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup following an upbeat bulletin from Paul Nicholls.

Most bookmakers suspended their markets on the March 14 feature on Saturday evening after it emerged Kauto Star had returned home lame following his eight-length Ascot Chase romp.

Initial fears were that he had sprained a fetlock, but Nicholls now reports the problem to be a minor infection.