It may be just as nerve-wracking as facing Chris Tarrant on ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ - but at least it won’t be any of the members of the Docado Syndicate who have to answer the questions at Cheltenham on Tuesday. That onerous task will be down to Go Native.

The World Bet Exchange have come up with an initiative that ties together the three Grade 1 two-mile British hurdle races in the calendar with a fantastic bonus.

For they are offering a £1million bonus for any horse that can secure victories in Newcastle’s Fighting Fifth Hurdle, Kempton’s Christmas Hurdle, and the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

The WBX Hurdling Triple Crown bonus will be shared between the winning owners, trainer, stable lad and stable staff connected with any successful horse.

Go Native, as we know, is in line for the prize, having won the first two legs. And if Noel Meade’s star can justify favouritism next week, he will become only the second horse to win those three races in the same season. The first? My old partner Kribensis in 1989/90.

There is a little symmetry between the two horses. Mark Dwyer was on board for Kribensis’s Fighting Fifth victory in November 1989, while I partnered him to both his Christmas Hurdle and Champion Hurdle victories.

Davy Condon has partnered Go Native to victory in the first two legs, but the pressure is now on Paul Carberry, who renews his acquaintance with the seven-year-old, whom he rode to land the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the course last year.

Solwhit looks to be one of the biggest dangers, but he apparently scoped dirty on Monday and his participation is in doubt.

Meade, who saddled Harchibald to win the Fighting Fifth and Christmas Hurdle in 2004, only to see the Champion Hurdle ripped from the horse’s grasp by Hardy Eustace that season – by a mere quarter of a length – feels Go Native has similar credentials.

He said: “It has been well documented that both are similar types of horse and I couldn’t agree more. However, I’d have to say Go Native possesses a lot more speed than Harchibald. Hopefully he will be able to show that in the Champion Hurdle.”

Go Native is owned by a small syndicate comprising three families and he is their first horse. Go Native’s initial groom Daragh Bourke (pictured above on the right) forfeited the chance for the cash when trainer Noel Meade offered him the chance to ride in a race.

The opportunity clashed with Go Native’s run at Kempton and Bourke chose to stay in Ireland to ride. This left colleague Alan Mcllory (pictured on the left) to travel with the horse and become eligible for the £100,000 stable lad’s award should Go Native do the business. That could prove to be a very expensive ride for Bourke.

Dangers abound, despite the possible defection of Solwhit.

It will be interesting to see how Zaynar copes with the drop back in trip to two miles and Alan King’s Medermit, who finished second to Go Native last year at Cheltenham, did the job well at Haydock when defeating reigning Champion Hurdler Punjabi, who has since franked that form by winning at Wincanton.

Binocular is back in the reckoning after a sub-par season. He was a close second last year and Celestial Halo was also just touched off. He renews rivalry, as does narrow Christmas Hurdle runner-up Starluck, who will benefit from drying ground. He cannot be discounted, despite being a second-season novice.

It all adds up to being a fascinating contest for the two-mile and 110-yard hurdling crown.

Racing needs a few more initiatives like the WBX Hurdling Triple Crown bonus, but if Go Native does win, it could prove to be very expensive for the firm.

WBX have offered the bonus for the last four years. But interestingly their chief executive decided this year not to hedge or insure against the £1m being won, and so is facing a bigger pay out than envisaged!