Gold Cup hero King back soon

Tom Taaffe is weighing up the options for Kicking King as the 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup hero prepares to return to the track.

Mon, 15 Sep, 2008 - 19:22

Tom Taaffe is weighing up the options for Kicking King as the 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup hero prepares to return to the track.

After winning the King George VI Chase at Kempton in December of his Gold Cup year, the 10-year-old suffered a tendon injury which kept him out of action for over two years.

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