Can Kauto Star be raining champion. The soft option is meant to be the easy way out but it could be too hard according to some punters for Kauto Star.
The dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner lines up for the Grade One Betfair Chase at Haydock Park, a race that he has won twice before, rated at least 16lbs better than any of his eight rivals according to the official handicapper.
Kauto Star won the race by 17 lengths, ridden by Ruby Walsh in 2006, and repeated the victory a year later, this time with Sam Thomas in the saddle, albeit by a much-reduced margin when he beat Exotic Dancer by half a length.
However, there is a belief that the biggest handicap to a third victory for Kauto Star could be the ground at Haydock. Weather maps could prove as useful as form guides as the course has been drenched by persistent rain earlier this week – with more forecast – leaving the going on the track at present being described as “soft, heavy in places” by clerk of the course Kirkland Tellwright.
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