Posts tagged Go Native

Starluck could run in Fighting Fifth Hurdle

Nicky Henderson may have his sights trained on one objective with Binocular, which is to win the Stan James Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham next March, but Alan Fleming is not looking that far ahead. Henderson may be preparing for the core part of the jumps season with a yard that has wall-to-wall Festival material but [...]

Irish trainers play numbers game

The days when Irish-trained runners dominated the major prizes at the Cheltenham Festival may be receding into the more distant memory now but they will not lack for numbers in this year’s Champion Hurdle. Having failed to even make the frame in the past two renewals of the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, Irish trainers appear [...]

Go Native faces latest bonus hurdle

Having had another day to think about matters nine horses have been left in for the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton Park on Boxing Day. Noel Meade, who has landed three of the last five runnings of the Grade One race, plans to run Go Native (he also has Donnas Palm in the field) who [...]