Go Native on target for second leg of million bonus Noel Meade reports Go Native to be right on course for the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle as connections seek to keep alive dreams of a £1million WBX Hurdling Triple Crown bonus. Go Native sprang a 25-1 surprise in the WBX.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle last month to put himself in line for the huge prize. Last season the Fighting Fifth winner Punjabi was unfortunate to fall at Kempton before going on to claim the third leg, the Champion Hurdle, at Cheltenham in March. "All has been okay since Newcastle with Go Native and although he has not worked too hard, he has done everything which has been asked of him and he has done it very well," the Navan trainer told www.wbxtriplecrown.com. "Davy Condon will ride him again at Kempton and I expect him to be saddled by Paul Carberry as he was ahead of the Fighting Fifth." "When a horse wins at 25-1 there is always a danger that they don't receive the credit they deserve for the victory. I think the price was down to his defeat by Colm Murphy's mare, Voler La Vedette, but we should never have run at Down Royal where the ground was completely against us." Go Native is 24-1 with WBX to complete hurdling's triple crown.
