Million Pound Bonus starts with the Fighting Fifth.The wbx.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle, which is the highlight of Newcastle's main national hunt fixture held this coming Saturday, will not just offer a hundred thousand pounds in prize money on the day, it will provide the winning connections with the opportunity to pocket a one million pound bonus. If Saturday's victorious horse goes on to land the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton, and the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, then wbx.com are offering a one million pound bonus payment to the connections of the hurdler capable of completing the hat trick of victories. Saturday's race has already attracted some of the top hurdlers on both sides of the Irish Sea, including; the enigmatic Harchibald, who has already won the Fighting Fifth in 2004 and 2007, former Champion Hurdler Sublimity, and the up and coming Nicky Henderson trained Punjabi. Saturday's meeting will also invite the racing public to donate to charities involved in taking care of our fighting men and women injured in conflicts throughout the world - so, for all those attending, please give generously. Important clash could take place in Boylesports Hurdle.It seems likely Binocular will have his first clash against the 2008 Champion Hurdler Catch It in the Boylesports Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday 13 December. Although Binocular looked hard held in his facile victory at Aintree on Saturday, and Catch It has not set the world alight in his two runs so far this season, there is no doubt Catch It is a different horse when he gets on to the Cheltenham track, and the clash should go a long way to indicating the potential outcome of next March's Champion Hurdle. Bowen fifty fifty on Snoopy Loopy participation.Peter Bowen has reported Snoopy Loopy is in fine form after his unexpected win in Saturday's Betfair Chase at Haydock. Although the Haverfordwest trainer has kept his gelding in the field for next Saturday's Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, he thinks the race might come too soon after his Betfair run, and the trainer puts his chances of participating next Saturday at around fifty fifty. Forgotten horse set to return.Mighty Man, who was a serious rival to Inglis Dreever in long distance Grade One hurdle races, is set to return to the racetrack in January 2009. Brought down at Punchestown in April 2007, Henry Daly's stable star suffered serious leg damage, and many thought his racing career was over. But radical treatment, including stem cell therapy, seems to have repaired the damage, and Mighty Man is now reported to be in fine form on the training gallops. Ted reports Ruby is on the mend.In an interview with Claire Balding during the BBC coverage of Aintree yesterday afternoon, Ted Walsh reported his son Ruby was making a good recovery from his spleendectomy operation, and reading between the lines of the interview, it is likely Ruby is eyeing up a return to action on Kauto Star in the King George Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day. Lavelle to bring Jack back in trip.Emma Lavelle was reported to be happy with Crack Away Jack's efforts in Saturday's Coral Hurdle at Ascot. Despite failing to get the better of Chomba Womba in the home straight, the trainer believes allowing for his weight allowance to the winner, and the fact it was the first time he had competed over a two mile three and a half furlong trip, he performed creditably. However, the trainer did indicate she now intended to return her Champion Hurdle contendor to the minimum two mile trip for his next run. Paddy Power have one of the Scoop Six winners.Paddy Power have today confirmed, one of theire regular UK based punters had used a five thousand pound multiple selection bet to secure one of the winning tickets on the weekend Scoop Six Jackpot. This professional will join seven other winners in an attempt to secure the one and a half million pounds bonus fund available to the winning selection on this weekend's Hennessy Gold Cup. Smullen looks certain to clinch another title.With the irish jockey's flat championship due to finish on Friday 05 December, Pat Smullen would appear to be in pole position to retain his title. With 88 winners, he is currently five ahead of his nearest challenger Fran Berry, and with only 16 flat races to be run before the end of the season, Smullen is odds on with the bookmakers to hold on to the title he first won in the year 2000. Catterick start national hunt campaign.Catterick stage the first of nine scheduled national hunt meetings when they host a six race card on Wednesday 03 December - first race at 12.15 p m.
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