Kings Palace could start in Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham

Kings Palace may make his reappearance next month as he embarks on his second season as a chaser.

The Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham is a possible first port of call for the seven-year-old who looked good when winning his first two races at the Prestbury Park track late last year.

However, after recovering from a bad mistake to win at Newbury in February, he disappointed in the RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival when sixth to Don Poli.

He was put away after that and trainer David Pipe reports Kings Palace to be all the better for his break.

"He's well and probably won't be out until the middle of November at the earliest," the Nicolashayne handler told At The Races.

"He'll have an entry in the Paddy Power or we may wait for something later on.

"His season sort of ended at Newbury. He actually won that day but did the splits. We wanted to run him again after Cheltenham, but he just wasn't right, so we put him away.

"He's summered nicely and we've done lost of ground work with him and hopefully that will pay off later in the season."

Pipe has an exciting novice chasing prospect for the new campaign in Un Temps Pour Tout, winner of the French Champion Hurdle in June.

"He obviously had a later break because he raced out in France," he said.

"He's in good form and the plan is to go novice chasing with him. He's very exciting."