Kicking King to miss entire season with injury

Kicking King, the winner of the 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup, will not be racing this season.

Fri, 08 Dec, 2006 - 16:06

Kicking King, the winner of the 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup, will not be racing this season.

Tom Taaffe's stable star, who was ruled out of defending his Blue Riband earlier this year by a leg injury, had been on course to return to action at Leopardstown over Christmas.

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