Top award for King

Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King was voted Horse of the Year at the Irish Horse Racing awards in a ceremony at the Westin Hotel, Dublin.

Mon, 12 Dec, 2005 - 16:07

Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King was voted Horse of the Year at the Irish Horse Racing awards in a ceremony at the Westin Hotel, Dublin.

As well as his famous triumph in the blue riband, Tom Taaffe’s charge also beat Kingscliff to land the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day.

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CourtsRacingHeathrowPlace: Westin HotelPlace: KemptonPlace: NewmarketPlace: CheltenhamPlace: AintreePerson: Kicking KingPerson: Tom TaaffePerson: KingscliffPerson: Ruby WalshPerson: Kieren FallonPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: FallonPerson: Derek O’ConnorPerson: Nina CarberryPerson: Paul NolanPerson: DabirounPerson: John O’DonoghuePerson: Minister for Arts, Sport & TourismEvent: Cheltenham Gold CupEvent: Irish Horse Racing AwardsEvent: VI ChaseEvent: Boxing DayEvent: Grand SlamEvent: 1000 GuineasEvent: Irish DerbyEvent: Prix de l’Arc de TriompheEvent: Hurricane RunEvent: Cheltenham FestivalEvent: UK National HuntEvent: Eclipse StakesEvent: King George VIEvent: Queen Elizabeth Diamond StakesOrganisation: Galway Racecourse Committee
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