Cheltenham Gold Cup 2018 – Native River on track for the Festival following impressive Newbury win

CONNECTIONS of Native River can't wait to see him in the Gold Cup following his brilliant comeback win.

The eight-year-old defied an 11-month absence to run out a ready winner of the Denman Chase at Newbury.

He is now set to head for the Cheltenham Festival where he is a 6-1 shot for Gold Cup glory.

"He was fine this morning and we've only another 30 anxious days or so. We stopped for a meal with Colin and the gang last night," said owner Garth Broom.

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"We got back about 12.30am and watched the race six or seven times. He won without having a hard race which was quite nice for him really.

"I wouldn't swap him for another horse in the race. He came through that and that's what I hoped for.

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"The main thing is we wanted to give him a comeback race ready for the Gold Cup as that has been the target and it is so far so good."

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