we had hundred millimetres _ jockey club, nevin truesdale.esdale. we had hundred millimetres of rain _ jockey club, nevin truesdale. we had hundred millimetres of rain here - jockey club, nevin truesdale. we had hundred millimetres of rain here in i hundred millimetres of rain here in february. — hundred millimetres of rain here in february, this is the normal season of 30~ _ february, this is the normal season of 30 we've — february, this is the normal season of 30. we've had more rain here at every— of 30. we've had more rain here at every turn — of 30. we've had more rain here at every turn then what we most expected. you can't beat the weather, _ expected. you can't beat the weather, but clearly we have taken significant — weather, but clearly we have taken significant steps, eight, nine, ten tractors_ significant steps, eight, nine, ten tractors to— significant steps, eight, nine, ten tractors to put people out. i was hoping _ tractors to put people out. i was hoping to— tractors to put people out. i was hoping to drive one of them but n

earlier on, we spoke to truesdale , on, we spoke to nevin truesdale, the chief executive of the jockeyly quality jump racing. the elite of jump racing. this festival is right up there in terms of the world's best jumps festival , people can expect the festival, people can expect the really top quality horses racing against each other in brilliant races, but a lot of things going on around the site as well. you know, we've got the style awards tomorrow, we've got the orchard, we've village, we've got the shopping village, there's people to we've got the shopping village, the|involved people to we've got the shopping village, the|involved in people to we've got the shopping village, the|involved in when eople to we've got the shopping village, the|involved in when theye to we've got the shopping village, the|involved in when they come get involved in when they come here, people see it here, and i think people see it as of a pilgrimage. and as a bit of a pilgrimage. and it's massively to it's massively important to the local gloucestershire as local gloucestershire economy as well. you kn

but we spoke to nevin truesdale from the jockey club about horse welfare.tant equine welfare is. we have a moral obligation to make sure these horses are as well cared for as they can possibly be. as an industry, we've spent over 40 million in the last 20 years on welfare and improving welfare standards, not just on the tracks, but in the stables, on horse walks, at yards. on the horse walks, at yards. really having absolutely at really having this absolutely at the of everything we do. the centre of everything we do. the simple that 99.82% the simple fact is that 99.82% of horses who go out to race come back perfectly safe and sound. come back perfectly safe and sound . and yes, one fatality is sound. and yes, one fatality is definitely one too many. but the measures we are taking in terms of the track setup, the jumps, the conditions races the conditions of the races that's constant review. we that's under constant review. we have body called have an independent body called the welfare board that the horse welfare board that set a strategy 4 or 5 years a