Team plots Kauto Star comeback
Kauto Star will bid to regain his Cheltenham Gold Cup crown back from stablemate Denman as a fresh horse with trainer Paul Nicholls planning to send him straight to the Festival after a run over Christmas.
Clive Smith's eight-year-old has a third win in the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day on the agenda, after which he will be saved for the totesport-sponsored blue riband on March 13.