STRANGE that Native River’s odds for the Cheltenham Gold Cup were shortened across the board on the back of his win in the Denman Chase at Newbury on Saturday.

The thin blue that tells you during the Cheltenham preamble that some horse has won some race went all the way across the Oddschecker board. The 6/1s and 5/1s dissolved, replaced by 9/2s and 4/1s and even 7/2s in a couple of places.