Kauto Star
| Kauto Star | |
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Kauto Star in April 2012 at Sandown.
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| Sire | Village Star |
| Grandsire | Moulin |
| Dam | Kauto Relka |
| Damsire | Port Etienne |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 19 March 2000 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Mrs Henri Aubert |
| Owner | Clive D. Smith |
| Trainer | Serge Foucher Paul Nicholls |
| Record | 41: 23-7-4 |
| Earnings | £3,775,883 |
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Tingle Creek Chase (2005, 2006) Old Roan Chase (2006) Betfair Chase (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011) King George VI Chase (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011) Aon Chase (2007) Cheltenham Gold Cup (2007, 2009) Ascot Chase (2008) JNwine.com Champion Chase (2008, 2010) |
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| Awards | |
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Timeform rating: 191 Stayers Chase Triple Crown (2006/07) National Hunt Order of Merit (2006/07, 2007/08) Top rated steeplechase horse (2006/07, 2008/9, 2009/10, 2011/12) |
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Kauto Star (19 March 2000 – 29 June 2015) was a French-bred National Hunt champion racehorse who was trained by Paul Nicholls in Somerset and owned by Clive Smith. He won the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice, in 2007 and 2009, becoming the first horse to regain the cup after losing it in 2008 when seven lengths behind Denman. He tried for three more years to win the race again, but the best placing he could achieve was in 2011 when third behind Long Run. He also won the King George VI Chase a record five times. He was one of the most successful steeplechasers of modern era finishing his racing career with a National Hunt record of £3,775,883 in earnings, which consisted of £2,375,883 in race prize money, £1,000,000 bonus for the completion of 2006/2007 Stayers Chase Triple Crown and also £400,000 reward for heading the BHA Table of Merit in the same 2006/2007 season.
Kauto Star was foaled on 19 March 2000 and was bred by Mrs Henri Aubert. His sire was the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Village Star and his dam was Kauto Relka, who was a daughter of Port Etienne. Kauto Star is a half-brother to Kauto Stone, second in the 2011 Tingle Creek Chase, and Kauto Grand Mogol, who made his debut in 2012.
Kauto Star was initially trained in France by Serge Foucher at Senoble in the Mayenne region. He made his debut in a hurdles race at Bordeaux Le Bouscat Racecourse in France in March 2003, where he finished second. He started in two more hurdles races that season and won both. During the 2003/04 season, he raced over hurdles at Auteuil seven times and won twice. His last race of the season was the grade 3 Prix de Longchamp, which he won by 8 lengths. In France, he became known as 'L'Extraterrestre' (which translates to 'The Extraterrestrial')
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