Horse racing: Racing Demon is exciting - but still has to prove he's the real deal.(Sports)

From: The Racing Post (London, England) | Date: December 21, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: James Willoughby Chief correspondent

KAUTO STAR is a phenomenon, but Racing Demon is also an exciting component of the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Tuesday.

There are three areas in which the Henrietta Knight-trained gelding needs to prove himself. The main one is often underestimated in the present age of microscopic analysis: ability. We simply don't know whether Racing Demon is out of the top drawer, for all his undoubted promise.

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