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KAUTO STAR is rated 50-50 to make the Gold Cup on March 16 after trainer Paul Nicholls revealed the record-breaking chaser suffered an "awful fall" when schooling.

The Clive Smith-owned 12-year-old suffered the fall under Ruby Walsh last Friday and with the four-time King George winner failing to show as much improvement as Nicholls would like, his chances of being fit for the festival hang in the balance.

Writing in his Betfair column, Nicholls said on Thursday: "Kauto took a tumble when Ruby schooled him at the end of last week. I say tumble, but in truth it was a pretty awful fall.

lt will be very disappointing if he does not reach Cheltenham but the horses welfare must come first.

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THE Godolphin trainers were again in dominant form at Meydan on Thursday evening with Do It All, originally a reserve but granted a run with the defection of Rock Jock, springing a surprise in the featured Group 2 Zabeel Mile.

Ridden by Silvestre De Sousa, the five-year-old made every yard of the running with the pair granted an easy lead until the runners swung for home.

De Sousa's mount had plenty left though and again kicked away from Derbaas (Ali Rashid Al Raihe/Richard Hills) who gamely held on to second from Dux Scholar (Herman Brown/Ryan Moore).