TimeformBlog

[b]This weekend's JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal is the race that signals the start of the jumps season proper in Ireland, and this year's renewal is all the more special with two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star scheduled to make his seasonal reappearance in a race he won back in 2008.[/b] A maximum of seven horses will take on the British raider, and it's not surprising to find that [b]Kauto Star[/b] is a long way clear on Timeform ratings, currently rated a massive 35 lb superior to nearest rival [b]Sizing Europe[/b]. Last year's Arkle winner, Sizing Europe, looks to be having his campaign geared towards a crack at Cheltenham's Gold Cup in March, but he already has a fair bit to prove after a rather disappointing defeat at the hands of China Rock in a Grade...