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However, yesterday morning the champion trainer revealed Kauto Star had been suffering from a minor foot infection - that won't rule him out of Cheltenham.
   "When he was lame we weren't sure what it was, but we thought he might have injured a fetlock," Nicholls said last night.
   "But we X-rayed it and it was fine, and when we got him home, head lad Clifford Baker and I were confident we knew what it was.
   "As we took his shoe off that instantly relieved him a bit, so we thought that was what the problem was.
   "It's basically pus in his foot, and once the vet had released that he was virtually sound.
   "It was a bit scary. I don't think anyone slept here last night and I was almost afraid to go in this morning to find out what was wrong!
   "We were fairly confident it was something simple like that but it's a huge relief - I'm absolutely chuffed."

<blockquote data-quote="Gearoid" data-source="post: 2175992">However, yesterday morning the champion trainer revealed Kauto Star had been suffering from a minor foot infection - that won&#039;t rule him out of Cheltenham.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;When he was lame we weren&#039;t sure what it was, but we thought he might have injured a fetlock,&quot; Nicholls said last night.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;But we X-rayed it and it was fine, and when we got him home, head lad Clifford Baker and I were confident we knew what it was.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;As we took his shoe off that instantly relieved him a bit, so we thought that was what the problem was.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;It&#039;s basically pus in his foot, and once the vet had released that he was virtually sound.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;It was a bit scary. I don&#039;t think anyone slept here last night and I was almost afraid to go in this morning to find out what was wrong!&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;We were fairly confident it was something simple like that but it&#039;s a huge relief - I&#039;m absolutely chuffed.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gearoid, post: 2175992"] [I]However, yesterday morning the champion trainer revealed Kauto Star had been suffering from a minor foot infection - that won't rule him out of Cheltenham.[/I] [I]"When he was lame we weren't sure what it was, but we thought he might have injured a fetlock," Nicholls said last night.[/I] [I]"But we X-rayed it and it was fine, and when we got him home, head lad Clifford Baker and I were confident we knew what it was.[/I] [I]"As we took his shoe off that instantly relieved him a bit, so we thought that was what the problem was.[/I] [I]"It's basically pus in his foot, and once the vet had released that he was virtually sound.[/I] [I]"It was a bit scary. I don't think anyone slept here last night and I was almost afraid to go in this morning to find out what was wrong![/I] [I]"We were fairly confident it was something simple like that but it's a huge relief - I'm absolutely chuffed."[/I] [/QUOTE]

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