Why Rory McIlroy must find a cure for his foot-in-mouth problem and concentrate on what he does best Kauto Star deserves leading role The dressage community has run me to ground for questioning Kauto Star's conversion to "obedience, flexibility and balance," to quote the dictionary definition of their sport. They misunderstand. There is nothing cruel about teaching a racehorse - even a great champion - a new discipline, even if many of us feel it is asking a lot of him to take on a new muscle structure. The point is that Paul Nicholls and his staff wanted to keep the best National Hunt horse since Arkle at Ditcheat in Somerset, where he could have led the string out every morning. That would have been a more fitting retirement.