Results for tag: Kauto Star
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Mar 15, 2012 at 11:40:58 PM
[b]After a period of panic, Kauto Star has been cleared to challenge for a third Gold Cup. The Betfair Contrarian is confident that the 12-year-old Cheltenham Festival legend will delight all those excitedly waving his trademark green, gold and purple scarves on Friday...[/b]
[u]The holder rarely retains[/u]
This year's favourite Long Run established himself as the latest elite chaser by beating Denman and Kauto Star to the Gold Cup last March, however his progress has surprisingly stalled since, with just one victory in three outings and that an unconvincing success by half-a-length in a Grade 2 race. Also counting against the market leader is that even the mighty Kauto Star and Denman never managed to finish first two years in a row, with the dominant Best Mate (2002, 2003 and 2004)...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Jan 12, 2012 at 08:14:13 AM
'Kauto Star against Long Run - the decider'.
That may well be how the 2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup is billed in the run-up to the big day, with press coverage focused almost exclusively on the pair.
Long Run beat Kauto Star twice last season but the old champ has picked himself up off the canvas to win the Betfair Chase and King George (for a record fifth time) this winter. The duo dominate the ante-post market and that one or other of them wins in March is much the most likely outcome. It is arguable that Kauto Star, gloriously in the ascendant this season, ought to be favourite, but there's not much in it and his current price of 5.2 is only marginally longer than it should be.
Kauto Star, his credentials hard to fault, will wait to take on all comers in March. Long Run, in search...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Mar 18, 2011 at 10:38:58 AM
[b]Graham Cunningham is putting sentiment to one side for his Gold Cup angles and casts his eye over the rest of Friday's card as he completes day four of his Festival rundowns.[/b]
It's a case of heart against head for most punters on Gold Cup day 2011. Hearts pull for ageing Cheltenham legends Kauto Star and Denman, while heads vote for last year's hero Imperial Commander or one of a clutch of exciting newcomers.
1. Zarkandar and Sam Winner give Paul Nicholls a very strong hand in the Triumph Hurdle at 13:30. Sam Winner's form here before Christmas gives him a major chance and any rain overnight would be a plus, while Zarkandar lacks hurdling experience but left a lasting impression when clocking a fast time on his Kempton debut.
The remote third Kumbeshwar franked that form...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Feb 24, 2011 at 08:14:46 AM
In March 2007, the month Kauto Star was sprinting away from a crowded pack to land the first of his two Cheltenham Gold Cups, the BBC released a DVD of luminaries such as Bill Oddie and Lesley Garrett discovering their past during the hit series Who do you think you are? In recent months racing fans have been concerned less with previous and more with the present in regard to this year's Gold Cup contenders. The question of them is; 'Who are you now?"
At 11-years-old both Kauto Star and Denman appear in the dusk of sparkling careers but do the former Champs have one last great fight in them?
Denman's monumental weight-carrying third place in the Hennessy has him solid in the market though not apparently convincing at 7.8. The 2008 Gold Cup winner has been on one hell of a Bill & Ted...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Jan 19, 2011 at 02:10:54 PM
[b]A legend that always bounces back - that's the Betfair Contrarian's assessment of Kauto Star as he explains why you should back Paul Nicholl's two-time Gold Cup winner for more Cheltenham glory in 2011...
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The Contrarian has twice argued against Kauto Star winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup, so is under no illusion just how hard it is to oppose the horse which BBC Sports Personality of the Year Tony McCoy described as the best in his lifetime. Imagine therefore the favourite-layer's relief upon learning that his latest assignment was to state the case for backing the two-time winner at an absurdly huge 10.0. With no shortage of ammunition, here's why the Contrarian is confident of seeing Kauto Star in the winner's enclosure at Cheltenham...
[b]Kauto Star is a Gold Cup legend
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