Go Native set for gallop at Leopardstown

NOEL Meade plans to give Go Native a post-racing workout at Leopardstown on Sunday week to crown his preparations for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on March 16.

Last year’s Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner is in line for a £1m payout if again striking at the Festival as the WBX Hurdling Triple Crown in within touching distance.

The seven-figure sum is available to any horse who can win the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle in November, Kempton’s Christmas Hurdle and the Champion Hurdle in the same season – and Go Native has the first two legs safely locked away.