Even on a grey morning, Alan King commands one of the most sumptuous views on the Turf. As his horses snort up the escarpment towards him, the Marlborough Downs pitch and sway towards tiered horizons, ...

ALAN King is notably downbeat about Katchit’s recent homework as his miniature superstar limbers up for the rearranged Boylesports.com International Hurdle at Ascot today. Katchit was second to Osana ...

Triumph Hurdle winner Katchit will make his first start of the season in a limited handicap at Aintree on Sunday. In contrast to Alan King's concerns about watered ground at the track for My Way De ...

Four months ago Alan King stood in the winner's enclosure next to a small bay horse who had just won his third juvenile hurdle of the season. Katchit had been bought to make hay while the autumn sun ...

Katchit, the reigning Champion Hurdler, is to be given a month's break away from Alan King's Barbury Castle base in a bid to reinvigorate him before his title defence at Cheltenham in March. King ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - Katchit, a 10-1 chance ridden by Robert Thornton, battled up the hill to win the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday and land the opening day showpiece of the four-day Cheltenham Festival of ...

The belief that good things come in small packages proved accurate on the opening afternoon of the Cheltenham Festival yesterday when Alan King's diminutive, Katchit, ran on in a most determined ...

The phrase "hard act to follow" could have been coined for the contenders in next month's Triumph Hurdle, given the subsequent exploits of those at the sharp end last year. The winner, Detroit City, ...

Trainer Alan King has revealed Katchit is unlikely to run again before defending his Champion Hurdle crown in March, while he made no excuses for Blazing Bailey's defeat to Punchestowns. Katchit may ...

Katchit will attempt to become just the third horse to achieve the JCB Triumph Hurdle/John Smith’s Anniversary 4-Y-O Novices’ Hurdle double at Aintree next week. Tue, 03 Apr, 2007 - 16:56 Katchit will ...