Native Upmanship is a former National Hunt racehorse. He was trained in Ireland by Arthur Moore and owned by John Magnier. Early career He made his racecourse debut in a National Hunt flat race in February 1998 at Gowran Park, where he finished third behind subsequent Champion Bumper winner Alexander Banquet. He had one more run that season in April, where stepped up on his debut, to win a National Hunt flat race at the Punchestown Festival. 1998/99 season He reappeared in the 1998/99 season, where he made his seasonal debut in a Grade 3 Novice Hurdle at Navan in October, finishing fourth. His trainer stepped him up to the top level a month later for the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle, and Native Upmanship finished seventh of eight runners, behind Alexander Banquet. His next outing saw him dropped down considerably in a maiden hurdle, which he won. He then finished second in his next three runs, two of which were at Grade 2 level. In his final run of the season, Native Upmanship went to the Punchestown Festival, where he was sent off an 8/1 chance for the Land Rover Champion Novice Hurdle and won by 5 lengths. 1999/00 season The 1999/00 season saw Native Upmanship go down the novice chase route. After winning a beginners chase at Navan in November, he won the Durkan New Homes Novice Chase, before another victory in the Dr P J Moriarty Memorial Novice Chase. He then went to the Cheltenham Festival, where he was sent off the 7/2 favourite for the RSA Chase and finished fourth. In his final appearance of the season, he won the Powers Gold Cup. 2000/01 season Native Upmanship began the 2000/01 with two victories in the Fortria Chase and the John Durkan Memorial Chase. Following this, he was sent off the favourite for the Lexus Chase and finished a distant fourth behind Rince Ri. In his final two starts of the season, when pulled up in the Irish Hennessy Chase and fourth in the Gold Cup at Fairyhouse. These runs seemed to confirm the opinion that he didn't get the 3-mile trip. 2001/02 season The 2001/02 season saw Native Upmanship finish second in his first three runs of the season, in the Fortria Chase, John Durkan Memorial Chase, and Lexus Chase. He then won the Kinloch Brae Chase in January 2002, before going to the Cheltenham Festival, where