a brilliant performance from energumene — ridden by paul townend, trained by willie mullins. albion, tony bloom. all eyes on flooring porter, who is going for a hat—trick of wins. he won in 2021 and �*22 — can he win in �*23? he's not been in the best form over the last 12 months, and he'll face plenty of high—quality opposition, including another former champion in paisley park. so while energumene took the headlines in the big race of the day, it was also a day to remember for one teenage jockey. 18—year—old john gleeson, on his first ever ride at cheltenham festival, provided the fairytale finish to day two — by winning the final race aboard the aptly named a dream to share! ireland's team have made the decision to change the colour of their shorts for this year's women's six nations tournament. they were white, but will now be blue to combat period anxiety. and other sides are considering following suit. the tournament kicks off march 25, with england once again favourites to win the title for what would be a fifth time in a row. 0ur reporter sara 0rchard has been at the

there had been a few questions about energumene in the build up because he didn't look too impressivextraordinary performance from him, as he charged clear to win by some ten lengths. a brilliant performance from energumene — ridden by paul townend, trained by willie mullins, owned by the owner of brighton & hove albion, tony bloom. the big highlight tomorrow is the stayers' hurdle, where all eyes will be on flooring porter, who is going for a hat—trick of wins in the race. he won it in 2021, won it in 2022 — can he win it in 2023? he's not been in the best of form over the last 12 months, and he'll face plenty of high—quality opposition, including another former champion in paisley park. so while energumene took the headlines in the big race of the day, it was also a day to remember for one teenage jockey. 18—year—old john gleeson, on his first ever ride at cheltenham festival, provided the fairytale finish to day two — by winning the final race aboard the aptly named a dream to share!

a brilliant performance from energumene — written by paul town and, trained by willie mullins.hoping for anotherwin in a palace, so we'll be hoping for another win in a few hours' time. he'll have some travelling to do to get through everything he needs today. it's been a week so far in a day of favourites, the cross—country chase. day of favourites, the cross-country chase. . �* , chase. that's right, the cross-country - chase. that's right, the cross-country chase - chase. that's right, the cross-country chase is l chase. that's right, the - cross-country chase is always chase. that's right, the _ cross-country chase is always one of cross—country chase is always one of the most interesting races of the cheltenham festival, and it was one alone for the second year running. your member of delta work edged out tiger roll, denying him what would've been a fairy tale ending to his career. today he edged out another stable in what was an exciting finish. another 1—2 in this race for irish trader gordon elliott. he hoped they would be heading to the grand national next month. ,., ,

at the cheltenham festival, energumene has won the day's big race, the queen mother champion chase —captain guinness was second to energumene, who carries the blue and white colours of brighton and hove albion owner, tony bloom. in tennis, cam norrie remains in the hunt to win at indian wells in california — a title he won in 2021. he plays frances tiafoe later for a place in the semi—finals. norrie came through his fourth round tie in straight sets against the higher seed andrey rublev. after that, a tie to look forward to — coco gauff and aryna sabalenka aim to make the last four. and great britain's first appearance at the world baseball classic is over. it's a national team event likened to a world cup of baseball. they have, however, been knocked out after losing 2—1 to mexico, in phoenix. but they could still come away with something from their debut at the tournament. if the united states beats colombia later today, britain would earn an automatic spot in the 2026 event. all is well they could potentially end well for _ all is well they could potentially end well for them. _ a

and while energumene took the headlines in the big race of the day — we must give a shout out to 18 years — was his first win at the age of 18 that his trainer is 85 and had never had a _ that his trainer is 85 and had never had a winner— that his trainer is 85 and had never had a winner at shannon. until the teenager— had a winner at shannon. until the teenager gave him one yesterday. he is now— teenager gave him one yesterday. he is now celebrating because of the schoolboy. it is wonderful and it means— schoolboy. it is wonderful and it means the — schoolboy. it is wonderful and it means the irish leads the british trainers — means the irish leads the british trainers 10—4 in that little competition they have. but the big thing _ competition they have. but the big thing about cheltenham this year, head of— thing about cheltenham this year, head of the gold cup, is the ground is getting _ head of the gold cup, is the ground is getting so soft because of the rain _ is getting so soft because of the rain. ~ ., ., , ., ., , ., rain. what does that mean question mark will it — rain. what do