Taaffe favouring Punchestown run

Tom Taaffe has hinted Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King will make his racecourse return in the inaugural Daily Star Chase at Punchestown on October 20.

The County Kildare trainer is also looking at the National Lottery Agent Champion Chase at Gowran on October 8, a race Kicking King won last year, although the Punchestown event, a conditions race over two miles and six furlongs, seems the favoured option.