PNicholls

As promised, throughout the season you will be reading exclusive and breaking news from Ditcheat in my Betfair column.

And I am relieved to be able to tell you that we have made a decision on who rides Kauto Star at Kempton on Boxing Day.

I have literally just put the phone down to Clive Smith and Noel Fehily, and Noel takes the ride on Boxing Day.

It was fairly obvious that we were heading in that direction. And Noel's success aboard Master Minded on Saturday pretty much sealed the decision.

I am relieved to be able to put it to bed as it will now stop everyone asking me about it!

This story broke in Paul's exclusive column on Betting.Betfair: http://betting.betfair.com/horse-racing/paul-nicholls/