Tributes to Kauto Star as racehorse put down after fall

The 15-year-old chaser died after suffering pelvis and neck injuries in his paddock

Kauto Star
(Image credit: 2011 Getty Images)

Tributes have been flooding in for Kauto Star, the only horse ever to regain the Cheltenham Gold Cup, who has been put down after suffering pelvis and neck injuries in a paddock fall.

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