Kicking King wins Gold Cup

Kicking King landed a famous victory for Ireland in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup on the final day of the Festival today.

Fri, 18 Mar, 2005 - 15:32

Kicking King landed a famous victory for Ireland in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup on the final day of the Festival today.

Ridden by Barry Geraghty and trained by Tom Taaffe, whose father Pat rode the mighty Arkle to a hat-trick of victories in the 1960s, Kicking King showed he stayed every yard of the extended three-and-a-quarter-mile trip.

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