Native River qualifies for HOYS

[reynold]

Cheltenham Gold Cup winner thriving in new career as he qualifies for HOYS on first attempt

Native River, the winner of the 2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup who retired from racing in 2021, has qualified for the Horse of the Year Show

www.horseandhound.co.uk

Fantastic racehorse and I do love a chestnut. Wonderful to see him doing so well in his new career.

 

[splashgirl45]

I used to love watching him and Richard Hughes fly round , lovely horse

 

[Andie02]

I used to love watching him and Richard Hughes fly round , lovely horse

Richard Johnson !

 

[splashgirl45]

Oops, I thought it wasn’t right , Hughes was the flat jockey, blame my age

 

[humblepie]

He is looking very smart. Nice to see.

 

[Jeni the dragon]

He's such a smart type!

 

[reynold]

Racing Post article on him

'He's adjusted so well and has soaked it all up like a sponge' - Gold Cup hero Native River bound for Horse of the Year Show

Kitty Trice speaks to Emma Vine about the multi-talented Cheltenham Festival winner

www.racingpost.com

From the article:

He is no one-trick pony in his post-racing endeavours, for aside from showing and dressage he will also compete in showjumping, a discipline which requires a different jumping technique to National Hunt racing.

Vine says: "He's qualified for the Retraining of Racehorses dressage regionals, so hopefully he'll go on and qualify for the finals at Aintree. He's going to Hickstead at the end of this month as he's qualified for the Tattersalls RoR amateur and open finals; to do that in both classes was incredible.

"I've also been slowly starting his jumping. I've been to a few RoR jumping days, and it's something he'll be doing more of. I took him down to Pontispool [equestrian centre] and it was the first time Harry [Cobden] had sat on him.