Kauto Star

DEFFO

why are u laying it?

backing

what do you think?

Not at that price. It can't go on forever.

Deep Purple each way

'orrible price

Hard race last time, lay all day at that price

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oh if only andyl were still around to tip it

Kauto only beat Imperial Commander by a nose last time it ran and that horse opposes it today. Imperial Commander is a year younger than Kauto Star, is relatively lightly raced and may yet have scope for improvement.

Kauto Star is 1.57

Imperial Commander is 10.0

Guess which one I've backed.

kauto looks a penalty kick.

IC almost down

wur 26 Dec 14:56


Kauto only beat Imperial Commander by a nose last time it ran and that horse opposes it today. Imperial Commander is a year younger than Kauto Star, is relatively lightly raced and may yet have scope for improvement.

Kauto Star is 1.57

Imperial Commander is 10.0

Guess which one I've backed.


KS obviously

I'd say back it Sid

impressive.

extremely

wot a champ he is!!

cant understand people getting excited about a horse

y u here?

marvellous stuff sparky

to comment on not being able to understand why people get so excited about a horse

I ejaculated when Galilieo breezed into tattenham corner many years ago.....

If you couldn't marvel at that then there is a hole in your soul.

Agree with The Lager Khan. That was tremendous.

ppl that knock it were just not lovers of the game imo

I did not back Kauto at that price, but it brought tears to my eyes to see him win for the fourth time.

different gear

When he was doing his lap of honour it looked like he was walking round the pre parade ring. Amazing.

wur 26 Dec 14:56
Kauto only beat Imperial Commander by a nose last time it ran and that horse opposes it today. Imperial Commander is a year younger than Kauto Star, is relatively lightly raced and may yet have scope for improvement.

Kauto Star is 1.57

Imperial Commander is 10.0

Guess which one I've backed.

The one that ran twice here before and was useless ?

He had only run once at Kempton before today. Hit a fence that day too, and was heavily eased afterwards.

I'm not a 'horses for courses' punter, except for the National course at Aintree.

Enjoy again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh0BKgmx0VM

^

...or maybe not.

anyone got a working link?

This horse is a freak in as much as come Cheltenham, he could win a Champion Chase as opposed to a Gold Cup and would be about a 2-5 shot for the Ryanair race.

The video isn't playing but you can download it from youtube using the Firefox widget. Mines downloading as I speak.

grabbing it via keepvid, cheers SD

(was there today, really want to see it again!)

Link works now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh0BKgmx0VM

lager khan spot on with the hole in your soul comment, what a chaser kauto is, and i still cant believe people want to knock him

A truly magnificent performance, simply sublime round of jumping by Kauto Star. An excellent commentary by Richard Hoiles as well I thought, he is in a league of his own.

21Nov09 Hay 24Sft C1ChG1 112K 11-7 1/7 nse, Imperial Commander[4/6F]11-7t R Walsh 186 * *
13Mar09 Chl 27GS C1ChG1 270K 11-10 1/16 13L, Denman[7/4F]11-10t R Walsh 177 * *
26Dec08 Kem 24Gd C1ChG1 130K 11-10 1/10 8L, Albertas Run[10/11F]11-10t R Walsh 175 * *
22Nov08 Hay 24GS C1ChG1 127K 11-7 UR/6 Snoopy Loopy[2/5F]11-7t Sam Thomas 179 * *
01Nov08 Dro 24Sft ChG1 66K 11-10 1/5 11L, Light On The Broom[2/5F]11-10t R Walsh

speaks for itself really not that good is he

Interesting that it was beaten at 2/11 in a 3 runner race on its second start here. Haven't read the details of that race, but would guess it shows it's vulnerable in a slow paced race.

You mean the one where it fell and was remounted?

wur i think you will find that in his second race he fell, was remounted and still only got beat a short head if my memory serves me right.

In fact, in all but one of the races in which it completed the course but finished 2nd, it was running in a small field. The exception was its 2nd to Denman in a 12 runner Cheltenham Gold Cup. If you ever see it in a field of hold up horses, that'll be the time to lay it.

Didn't know that. Remarkable, if true.

Here's that race


1 Mistral De La Cour (FR) 20/1 5 11-0 Mrs L C Taylor