Hard not to follow Star

THE way results have unfolded at Cheltenham this week, it won’t be any great surprise should Kauto Star bite the dust in today’s totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

But the punter who loses his head and allows logic to fly out of the door is doomed to failure and Paul Nicholls’ superb 10-year-old remains far and away the most likely winner.

He is best fresh, according to his trainer, and has been rested since producing one of the finest performances of his career in the King George at Kempton at Christmas.