RESULTS

But it’s not a million. That’s the sum on offer for the horse that wins next Saturday’s Betfair Chase at Haydock Park and then follows up in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March.

A trip to Merseyside would mean taking on Gold Cup hero Sizing John, and last Saturday’s Charlie Hall Chase victor, Bristol De Mai, however – and box office steeplechaser Might Bite’s trainer Nicky Henderson (above) is insistent.

“Bonuses are commendable things – but the right race is Sandown,” reasons the master of Seven Barrows, unable to contain his excitement about Might

HIGH AND MIGHTY Might Bite and Nico De Boinville closing in on their victory at Aintree in April