INTERESTING the disparity between bookmakers on whether or not the £1 million bonus for landing chasing’s new Triple Crown will be won. Bet365 go as low as 8/1, Paddy Power go as high as 16/1. Initial impression may have been that the 16/1 was closer to the correct odds than the 8/1, and that, actually, 16/1 wasn’t big enough. It is a big ask, for one horse to win the Betfair Chase, the King George and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The 16/1 the treble looks like poor value.

But it actually isn’t a treble at all. It’s just a double, a King George/Gold Cup double on whatever horse wins the Betfair Chase. It will just be helpful if one of the correct horses wins the Betfair Chase.