Article: Shadow over Kings Road.(Racing)

Byline: Veritas

As Nigel Twiston-Davies talked about his Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup winner Kings Road at Newbury on Saturday, he was keeping an eye out for senior National Hunt chase handicapper Phil Smith.

When he finally spotted him on the fringe of the press corps, his greeting was jokey but hardly convivial. You see, for trainers with big race winners, the close presence of Smith is seen as a vulture sitting on their shoulder.

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