KAUTO THE KING (8.00, nap) can score a third win over fences in a month at Newton Abbot today.
The Joe Tizzard-trained eight-year-old was the only finisher in a three-runner handicap chase at Worcester last month, and confirmed his well being when winning a seven-runner handicap 11 days ago at this Devon track. It was a good performance to win a Class 2 event over an extended two miles, jumping well to take the lead at the last fence, before running on the beat Mercian Prince by a length and a half.
His yard is also in fine fettle, having a strike rate of 33 per cent, and despite a 5lb rise in the weights and an extra half a mile to travel, the gelding is should deliver the goods.
