Kicking King leads Cheltenham Festival Trophy charge

Kicking King, winner of the King George VI Chase, heads 39 entries for the inaugural Daily Telegraph Festival Trophy Chase at Cheltenham.

Mon, 14 Feb, 2005 - 09:33

Kicking King, winner of the King George VI Chase, heads 39 entries for the inaugural Daily Telegraph Festival Trophy Chase at Cheltenham.

The new championship event over two miles and five furlongs is one of two possible options for Tom Taaffe’s seven-year-old as he is also in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

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