The whole country is crossing it’s fingers for Go Native in this race.

1. Binocular 7/1
2. Kyber Kim 8/1
3. Zaynar 10/1

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Go Native has qualified for a pop at the £1 million bonus offered by WBX by winning the Fighting Fifth Hurdle and the Christmas Hurdle and is now just eight hurdles away from scooping the incredible jackpot that’s up for grabs, ensuring a windfall for owners, trainer and stable staff. In fact, the stable lad who looks after Go Native will get £100,000 if he wins which is nearly six times his annual salary!

Make no mistake though, this will not be an easy race to win and will be extremely close with nine of the twelve runners priced up by bookmakers at 12-1 or less. Competition is fierce with Binocular, Kyber Kim, Punjabi, Celestial Halo and Solwhit all in contention so the Champion Hurdle is expected to be one of the most competitive races at this year’s festival.

Speaking about Go Native, trainer Noel Meade said on Monday: “The horse travelled over great and is in great shape. In fact I couldn’t be happier with him. He looked great this morning and cantered on the track. He was nice and fresh. Paul [Carberry] said he couldn’t have asked for him to be any better than he was. He is a very good jumper and he has plenty of toe.”

Can Go Native do it? He’ll be hard to beat but with so much money riding on a winning performance let’s hope that Paul Carberry’s nerves hold up…

Bet on Go Native with Paddy Power Bookmakers.

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The multiple Grade 1 winner’s participation in the race had been in doubt after he scoped dirty last week, but, after giving him the all-clear to run on Saturday, Byrnes confirmed plans. “He arrived over at Cheltenham around 5am and travelled over well but, given what has happened, we naturally wouldn’t be as confident as we were,” Byrnes told racingpost.com on Sunday afternoon.

“That said, we wouldn’t be here unless Solwhit was in top form.He seems very well in himself and he never appeared to be as sick as such, but he’ll be monitored and at the moment he’s a definite runner.”

Solwhit will have his work cut out for him if he is to go toe to toe with Irish raider Go Native, who is in line for a £1million bonus from betting exchange WBX, having won the Fighting Fifth Hurdle and Williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle. As it stands, Go Native is now only eight hurdles away from winning the biggest bonus in National Hunt racing so there will be a huge amount of interest in the race.

Solwhit will also have to contend with Binocular, Punjabi and Kyber Kim, all of whom could romp home on the day. Interestingly enough, Binocular has had some fitness concerns so may not be worth the 7/1 odds he has been given by Paddy Power Bookmakers and in saying that, Solwhit is still second favourite, to Go Native, on 11/2 which, again, may be reaching given that he hasn’t been 100% in the last week!

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Yes, the much anticipated Cheltenham Festival begins today and what a line-up we have to look forward to. Will it be the year of Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walsh or can either of them be stopped in their winning tracks?

To make things as easy as possible for our customers and visitors we have all the races of the Cheltenham Festival scheduled by day as well as additional pages which go in to more detail about specific races which draw the most attention.

The first race which is the Supreme Novices Hurdle will be a cracker of an opening with Dunguib currently the favourite. Every pundit in the place is tipping him to win, so much so, that there’s a fantastic Money-Back Special on offer from Paddy Power Bookmakers on all losing win bets should Dunguib romp home, so you should definitely check that one out.

Past winners include Go Native in 2009 and Captain Cee Bee in 2008. The Cheltenham Festival begins on Tuesday 16th March and there are six races scheduled which are as follows:

1.30 Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle 2m 1/2f

• Dunguib 10/11
• Get Me Out Of Here 4/1
• Oscar Whiskey 9/1
• Blackstairmountain 10/1
• Menorah 10/1
• Flat Out 18/1
• Dan Breen 20/1
• General Miller 22/1
• Vino Griego 66/1
• Fiulin 80/1
• Spring Jim 100/1
• Cootehill 100/1
• Far Away So Close 100/1
• Dream Esteem 100/1
• Chain of Command 150/1
• Hollins 200/1
• Mister Wall Street 200/1
• Takestan 200/1

2.05 Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase 2m

• Captain Cee Bee 11/4
• Somersby 4/1
• Sizing Europe 11/2
• Sports Line 13/2
• Riverside Theatre 15/2
• Osana 12/1
• Kangaroo Court 20/1
• Woolcombe Folly 22/1
• Mad Max 25/1
• Quiscover Fontaine 40/1
• Im Delilah 40/1
• Fosters Cross 50/1

2.40 William Hill Trophy Handicap Steeple Chase 3m 1/2f

• Bensalem 11/2
• The Package 6/1
• Theatrical Moment 11/1
• Ogee 11/1
• Character Building 12/1
• Exmoor Ranger 14/1
• Razor Royale 14/1
• The Tother One 14/1
• Niche Market 16/1
• Casey Jones 16/1
• Nenuphar Collonges 20/1
• Kicks For Free 20/1
• New Alco 22/1
• Tatenen 25/1
• Joe Lively 28/1
• Chief Dan George 28/1
• Beat the Boys 33/1
• Comply or Die 33/1
• Officier De Reserve 33/1
• Offshore Account 33/1
• Stan 50/1
• Bible Lord 50/1
• Knowhere 50/1
• Ollie Magern 66/1

3.20 Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy 2m 1/2f

• Go Native 4/1
• Solwhit 6/1
• Punjabi 7/1
• Binocular 7/1
• Khyber Kim 8/1
• Medermit 9/1
• Celestial Halo 9/1
• Zaynar 10/1
• Starluck 12/1
• Won In The Dark 50/1
• Jumbo Rio 80/1
• Raise Your Heart 200/1

4.00 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Steeple Chase 3m 7f

• Garde Champetre 2/1
• L’Ami 10/3
• Sizing Australia 9/2
• Monkerhostin 12/1
• Another Jewel 14/1
• Drombeag 18/1
• Silver Birch 20/1
• Freneys Well 25/1
• Lacdoudal 25/1
• Double Dizzy 25/1
• Heads Onthe Ground 33/1
• A New Story 33/1
• Preists Leap 40/1
• Cornish Sett 40/1
• Tawnies 50/1
• Oceanos Des Obeaux 66/1

4.40 David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle Race 2m 4f

• Quevega 7/4
• Volver La Vedette 7/4
• No One Tells Me 10/1
• Sway 12/1
• Easter Legend 16/1
• Zarinava 20/1
• Carole’s Legacy 22/1
• Stravinsky Dance 25/1
• Pepite de Soleil 25/1
• Argento Luna 33/1
• Amber Brook 33/1
• Aura About You 33/1
• Arctic Magic 50/1
• Alasi 100/1
• Here Comes Sally 100/1
• Just Beware 250/1
• Princess Rainbow 250/1

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Run on the Old Course at Cheltenham, it covers 2 miles and 110 yards with eight hurdles to be jumped. The illustrious list of horses who have had triple wins at the Champion Hurdle include Hattons Grace, Sir Ken and Persian War but more recently Istabraq, whose successes came in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

An unprecedented fourth time eluded him however as the entire Cheltenham Festival was cancelled in 2001 due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and though he returned for the 2002 race he failed to complete it and was retired soon thereafter.

Antepost odds with Paddy Power Bookmakers for the 2010 race are below…

3.20 Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy 2m 1/2f

• Go Native 4/1
• Solwhit 9/2
• Punjabi 7/1
• Binocular 8/2
• Zaynar 8/1
• Medermit 9/1
• Khyber Kim 10/1
• Celestial Halo 14/1
• Starluck 14/1
• Donnas Palm 33/1
• Jumbo Rio 66/1
• Al Eile 66/1
• Muirhead 66/1
• Won In The Dark 80/1
• Ebadiyan 100/1
• Fiulin 100/1
• Raise Your Heart 100/1
• Royal And Regal 100/1
• Kargali 150/1

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