Kauto Queen Mother bid 'very unlikely'

Paul Nicholls revealed Kauto Star is “very unlikely” to run in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Sent off the 2-1 favourite for last season’s renewal, the six-year-old got no further than the third fence but rocketed to the head of this year’s ante-post market when storming to a wide-margin win at the weekend.