- This topic has 36 replies, 28 voices, and was last updated 16 years, 10 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
He’s back from the sick list!
Due to run later this month, Will knock Denman into a cocked hat. Kauto Star has a real challenger at last.
40/1 has to be a great price for the Gold Cup, he wont be 40’s after winning the Irish Hennessy.
i agree 40/1 is an insult for a former champ and at those odds could be worth a bit but how often do champs come back as good as before, not often and kk would have to be at his best with kauto and denman,chipmunk
Found this article if anyone wanted to have a read…
http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/ … -Gold-Cup/
To summarise, Taffe states that Kicking King may go to Fairyhouse on the 20th January 20 and then onto the Hennessy Gold Cup over three miles at Leopardstown or the Red Mills Chase over two and a half miles of Gowran Park.
Will be great to see Kicking King in action again.
i agree 40/1 is an insult for a former champ
So they should shorten the price so as mot to hurt connections feelings?
Will be great to see him back. Was a fav of mine, but I suspect aspirations will initally be limited
40/1 is about right for a horse off the track for 2 years and when there’s already at least 3 rated higher than him in the field. He won a weak Gold Cup and looking at this years it’s the strongest there’s been in ages. Need Denman to run his race and Kauto to stuff him, 187 ratings here we come
Punters should all have to repeat the mantra "they never come back" a hundred times before backing a horse like KK for Championship honours- it just doesn’t happen.
Ah but could be worth backing on Betfair then laying him when he becomes a nice skinny 12/1 or else!!!!
He’s back from the sick list!
Due to run later this month, Will knock Denman into a cocked hat. Kauto Star has a real challenger at last.
40/1 has to be a great price for the Gold Cup, he wont be 40’s after winning the Irish Hennessy.
Barney behave yourself FFs………..he’s a lovely horse but these two are clearly the best for many years……..I’d bet ya a can of coke to a kilo of coke he won’t even be a factor at Cheltenham
He’s back from the sick list!
Due to run later this month, Will knock Denman into a cocked hat. Kauto Star has a real challenger at last.
40/1 has to be a great price for the Gold Cup, he wont be 40’s after winning the Irish Hennessy.
Barney behave yourself FFs………..he’s a lovely horse but these two are clearly the best for many years……..I’d bet ya a can of coke to a kilo of coke he won’t even be a factor at Cheltenham
I’ll take that bet – only kidding
Kicking King was/is one of my favourite horses and it was him that got me into racing. I’d love him to come back at top form to be a serious contender to Kauto’s crown but that won’t happen. After such as injury it’s hard to expect any horse to be competitive at a high level again. On his best day he’d be up there with the likes of Kauto and Exotic Dancer but I couldn’t see KK beating them. Still, it’s great to have him back!
Kalidor.
Even if he came back to his very best (unlikely) then he would still struggle to place this year.
Kicking King makes his first racecourse appearnace in 759 days in the re-routed Gr2 Normans Grove Chase at Gowran facing only 2 others, Newmill & Nickname.
With the race likely to be run at a slow enough pace (Nickname is a hold-up horse and Newmill won’t be suited by the ground so won’t set off like a March hare as he normally does), I can see Kicking King finishing close up and then being cut to a general 16/1 (20s with Partybets obviously!)
They never come back but I have to say if ever I would love to see a horse come back, it’s this one.
There was an interview with TT on the RTE news this evening. Here’s the link
scroll down to Sports News, on the clip its about 4 1/2 minutes in.
Must admit i never thought he would reappear on a racecourse.
If he does put in a good performance, would they necessarily go for the GC anyway? Very very hard call that one
Aintree perhaps?
A lovely horse though and its great stuff
Great to see him back and if he runs ok/jumps well today and in his next race, he’ll definitely go for the Gold Cup.
I don’t think they would have taken the time/effort to bring him back to run at Aintree/Punchestown.
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.