Kikkuli can kickstart season at Newmarket

Published date15 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
He is by the super-sire Kingman out of the excellent broodmare Kind, who produced none other than Frankel. That makes Kikkuli a half-brother to the likes of Sir Henry Cecil's great horse, Champion Stakes winner Noble Mission and Bullet Train

Now trained solely by Harry Charlton, as his father Roger has retired, Kikkuli caught the eye on debut when second in a November Newmarket novice contest.

Had he any other pedigree, it would have been judged perhaps more favourably, but the unbeaten winner subsequently went to France to score in Listed company and the third has come out and won, so the form is red-hot.

Charlton may already have had a winner by then, as his Grand Karat impressed on more than one occasion last season.

Fifth of 10 on his debut...

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