History-maker! Legendary KAUTO STAR is the first horse ever to regain his Cheltenham Gold Cup crown

The great Kauto Star won the 2009 Cheltenham Gold Cup, seeing off stablemate Denman by 13 lengths, to become the first horse to regain National Hunt's blue-riband race, following on from his victory in 2007.
Twelve months earlier it had been Denman who powered to success in the race but it was a different story on this occasion as King Kauto looked back to his brilliant best, jumping and travelling with his usual verve before storming clear under Ruby Walsh to lead home a 1-2-3 for trainer Paul Nicholls.
Walsh said afterwards: "He's the greatest horse I've ever ridden. Two miles, three miles, now two Gold Cups. He's magic, he's a wonder horse."
#HorseRacing #KautoStar #CheltenhamFestival #KingKauto
This is the official KZbin channel of Racing TV.
Racing TV is the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Subscribe to Racing TV's free KZbin channel and get closer to the sport we all love. We will bring you unmissable moments from the world of racing, exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows. So, if you love horse racing, this is the KZbin channel for you ► bit.ly/2RHbyMa
You can also find us on Sky 426 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland). Click here to find out more - t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm
Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com, the iPhone iPad app, Android app and mobile website. Click here to download the app - t.co/CwcklwUMHs

[@user-un5lb3wz2z]

I cried when he passed away ! He was the greatest

[@admiralsnackbar69]

Kauto and denman what a pair!

[@Marjopolo302]

The greatest

[@thegingerjoehorseracingtip4555]

Great Rum from Denman after serious heart issues

[@user-yx3ng4lm9b]

All time great never see his likes again thanks for the memories

[@LilithCharles]

Great race and jumping! Super!🐎👏

[@MrSamo65]

the greatest ..

[@craigpope8580]

This was denman after serious heart problems and on the comeback trial what a run to finish 2nd Look at the year before

[@horse_breeding]

The roar from the crowd over the last

[@bigsportnews8071]

They don't build em like this fella these days absolutely got me into my racing

[@anonymousanonymous3707]

When you look at the stats and what he won it's ridiculous 😂

[@fallenmorningstar99]

No horse in Gold Cup history would have beaten Kauto Star in this race! Imperious performance!

[@RemontadaVv]

My friend I loved KS but Arkle.. Arkle would have eaten him alive. FlyingBolt would have had the afters

[@beverleymorris167]

​@@RemontadaVvexactly....2 stone better horse👍

[@johnmurray8454]

Arkle would disagree

[@beverleymorris167]

Rubbish

[@oblvyn-crn9218]

Best mate would of

[@benjamintodd6105]

The best horse ever simple

[@jordanharris2898]

Loved this horse 🐎

[@mikesauvage809]

I still love this horse even though he is no longer with us. Absolutely sensational

[@balthazaar7350]

One of the best gold cups ever

[@beverleymorris167]

Regain gold cup means you lost gold cup!!!

[@salty_random_YT]

@@beverleymorris167means u won two though doesn’t it? He was injured in 08 before the meeting and had run before, in 07 and 09 he was untouchable basically

[@justinharper6909]

@@beverleymorris167 No shame in losing a race.

[@beverleymorris167]

​@@salty_random_YTgood horse, but OVERATED, by that I mean quite a few rated well in front of him, prime denman better horse🤓

[@salty_random_YT]

@@beverleymorris167 ur clueless man lol denman hahahahaha 2 gold cups to one 5 king George’s 4 betfairs and a tingle creek and course record kempton king George, please be quiet man, u don’t know Dan Andrews do u?

[@scouserdan3]

Possibly the greatest chaser of all time.. what a super super horse

[@sigball3971]

greatest chaser ...lol a real chaser races in handicaps and wins....no offence intended

[@justinharper6909]

@@sigball3971 Congratulations on one of the dumbest YT comments. He ran the best races and won a lot of them.

[@sigball3971]

@@justinharper6909 he never raced in handicaps not top chasing handicaps you filbert

[@stevendoc7313]

@@sigball3971come on, surely knowing the level system, a handicapper is 4 levels away from the corruption! Top Graded horses run in handicaps carrying everything bar the mother in law is desperate!

[@CFreeJ]

Top commentator also!

[@darrenbolger86]

None better!

[@marcfoulds2641]

Youll never see the likes of ruby walsh or kauto star

[@kevinhenry7776]

The King

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Neptune Collongues was good enough to win the 2012 Grand National

[@SIZINGPENYRHEOL]

Off one of the Top Weights as well.

[@shiftylad9938]

Such a pity Denman got sick. What a tough horse to get second. Probably one of his best races considering 💯👍👍👍

[@cmcg3738]

Denman produced his best ever performance after he got sick, when he won the Hennessy the season after this. This was as good as he was on good ground - and it simply wasn’t as good as Kauto.

[@joebennie474]

@@cmcg3738 a few weeks prior he wasn’t even looking like running in the race

[@noemiangeles9452]

¡¡¡¡Fabulosa carrera de más de 15 caballos, corriendo y saltando obstáculos, fue fantástica, llena de emoción, adoro las carreras, ustedes tienen mucha suerte de poder verlas en vivo, desde su gran hipódromo. Fue fenomenal ver como el 8 apretó al último el paso y a todo galope cruzo la meta y el jockey guió fenomenalmente al caballo, fantástico ver como el se entusiasmaba por llegar primero! ¡Felicitaciones al Jockey del num. ocho, todos se emocionaron y yo también!

[@neilhamilton5951]

He's the travelling horse ever😂

[@paulkelly5788]

I remember when Chanel 4 racing used to cover the big meetings. So so glad that itv racing has taken over.

[@ianparker9231]

Poetry

[@anonymousanonymous3707]

Neptune never gets enough credit , Christian aswell

[@bobmarleyfify]

This wasn’t the real Denman. Normally with his style he woulda took this up after half way and asked them all to go with him. This was a Denman at 80%. If that. Kauto was unreal but I’d take a prime Denman anyway in the Cheltenham Gold cup.

[@cmcg3738]

This was the real Denman… on good ground. He was a fierce stayer who sapped the speed out of faster horses on soft ground over 3 mile plus. On good ground he was never going to be able to outsprint Kauto. Ruby said it best when talking about Kauto: This is the best horse I ever sat on. Ruby of course sat on Denman many times. Paul Nicholls, trainer of Kauto and Denman, who also loved Denman’s owners (in fact rented his stables off one of them, Paul Barber) and hated Kauto’s owner, also said Kauto was the best he ever trained.

[@vonkunstfreiheitgedeckt]

watching this today and although always having held walsh in high regard ...i find it quite shameful how often and how hard he keeps smacking the great kauto star while leading by 15+ lengths.

[@livetwice7702]

And what a way to die ……cross tied in a stable ……they couldn’t let him live with his mate Denman could they …..they had to send him to a horse dressage trainer …..I was going to use another word but thought it would get deleted ……..was it Laura Collett ……this magnificent horse died on her watch ……I couldn’t live with myself …..I hope she can ……Why …..senseless ……his life thrown away …..he could be sleeping in the sunshine now enjoying retirement…

[@netherwallop]

Wonderful magnificent horse who had the misfortune to be owned by an egotistical, callous idiot who did not honour this great horse. He broke his spirit by forcing him into dressage. Shame on him

[@vinnievega9843]

I’ll never forget that roar when he jumped the last fence. Powerful, unfortunately Sam Thomas ruined Denman the year before.

[@stephenheffernan4163]

Not many better xx