lizzie greenwood hughes has more. this is the best hurdler_ greenwood hughes has more. greenwood hughes has more. this is the best hurdler in the _ greenwood hughes has more. this is the best hurdler in the world. - the best hurdler in the world. possibly the best racehorse in the world. he won last to's race by nine lengths and he was one of the very few bankers for british trained horses for the cheltenham festival. time has just run out. the horses for the cheltenham festival. time hasjust run out. the horse is much quieter this morning so it is good news. it is not serious that welfare is the biggest concern for racehorses. great britain's katie boulter has broken into the top 30 in the world for the first time after winning the second tour title of her career. she came from a set down in the san diego open final to beat the 21—year—old ukrainian marta kostyuk. boulter won on grass last summer in the nottingham but this was a wta 500 event, a much bigger tournament. boulter is one half of tennis' golden couple at the moment, australian alex di minaur was in the stan

lizzie greenwood—hughes has more for us.nown for a week that constitution hill was a serious doubt for the champion hurdle. now, this isn't any old horse. this is the best hurdler in the world, possibly the best a little bit more often to see just how good he could be. but he won last year's race by nine lengths and he was one of the very few bankers for british—trained horses for the cheltenham festival because we're expecting but it's nothing serious but welfare obviously shipped shipped shipped the athletes and you look at some of the athletes coming it helps with coaching and helps people get into our lives and the next steppingstone from where they are now. well, sally gunnell won 0lympic a00m hurdle gold in 1992 for great britain and speaking to the bbc earlier, she was excited about team gb�*s chances ahead of the paris 0lympics but first she began with her thoughts on the uk hosting another major championships. it's incredible to think that that could happen, especially after when you've looked back and you've seen t

lizzie greenwood—hughes has more for us.nown for a week that constitution hill was a serious doubt for the champion hurdle. now, this isn't any old horse. this is the best hurdler in the world, possibly the best racehorse ever in the world, if we could just see him a little bit more often to see just how good he could be. but he won last year's race by nine lengths and he was one of the very few bankers for british—trained horses for the cheltenham festival because we're expecting irish—trained dominance at the festival. but nicky henderson said time has just run out. the horse is much brighter this morning, so there is good news, but it's nothing serious but welfare obviously is the greatest concern amongst racehorse owners and trainers and he's not going to be ready for what nicky henderson called the olympic games of racing and that's what the cheltenham festival is. so it could be a more interesting race. stateman from willie mullins irish base is now the favourite. what it means for constitution hill is he has another m

let'sjoin lizzie greenwood hughes who is there for us...so at least a bit of respite from the rain? yes, it's just suddenly got very windy. it's been quite blow it all day. rain overnight, and on and off all be clear. that on top of three months of rain in this part of the country. it is wet, and conditions have been testing for both athletes and the public here. this is chest —— cheltenham festival. as the first time they've had heavy in that description. we know it's going to be a tough race, but as i said, it's going to be tough for the public around here. let's hearfrom the chief executive of the jockey club, nevin truesdale. we had hundred millimetres _ jockey club, nevin truesdale. we had hundred millimetres of— jockey club, nevin truesdale. 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 s

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lizzie greenwood—hughes has more.t hurdler in the world, possibly the best racehorse in the world. if we could just see him a bit more often, just see how good he could be. he won last year's race by nine lengths. 0ne one of the very few bankers for british horses for the cheltenham festival. the horse is much brighter this morning, so there is good news. and it is nothing serious, but welfare is the greatest concern amongst racehorse owners and trainers. and they said he is not going to be ready for what nicky henderson called the olympic games, and that is what the cheltenham festival is. time is running out. and that's all the sport for now. we are continuing to watch events in new york at the un and here is the head of this group is facing a acute funny crisis ahead of allegation from israel really side head of an allegation that for 50 of their staff were involved of the hamas operation 0ctober staff were involved of the hamas operation october the 7th. this of the could be forced to cease operations across the u

has been made in the prestigious race by trainer willie mullins — and his winning horse lizzie greenwood hughes us. once again, willie mullins has triumphed in the sport ofjump racing at the cheltenham gold cup, for in six years for the irish maestro and two in succession although his margin of victory was not as great as last year, this was our ghibli a more impressive performance from the horse because the ground is testing soft but heavy and places for more than 30 years where the word heavy has been in the official going here at cheltenham. but he saw off is hugely talented competitors, so it was another poor day for the bookmakers here, but a great day and great week for the cheltenham festival's most successful winning trainer, willie mullins. here he is speaking to laura scott. it mullins. here he is speaking to laura scott-— laura scott. it has been extraordinary, - laura scott. it has been extraordinary, our - laura scott. it has been i extraordinary, our horses laura scott. it has been - extraordinary, our horses were in such_ extraordinary, our horses were in such good — extraordinar

lizzie greenwood—hughes is at cheltenham.e, but a special moment nonetheless. it really was special, king willie has done it again on the 100th year of the gold cup, having more than 100 festival winners and he's had his fourth gold cup win in six years, and his second in succession with galopin des champs. the irish maestro is here, he's waited around for us. thank you so much for staying for us to talk to us. first of all, just talk us through the gold cup, because you had the loose holders... i gold cup, because you had the loose holders... ., , gold cup, because you had the loose holders... . , , ., ., holders... i can hardly breathe and i saw the loose _ holders... i can hardly breathe and i saw the loose horse _ holders... i can hardly breathe and i saw the loose horse on _ holders... i can hardly breathe and i saw the loose horse on the - i saw the loose horse on the outside. _ i saw the loose horse on the outside. i_ i saw the loose horse on the outside, i could see paul deciding whether_ outside, i could see paul dec

lizzie greenwood—hughes has more.t the cheltenham festival is. the president of motorsport�*s world governing body the fia, mohammed ben sulayem, is under investigation for allegedly interfering in a formula 1 race result. a whistle—blower has told the fia that ben sulayem allegedly intervened to overturn a penalty given to aston martin's fernando alonso at last year's saudi arabian grand prix. the claim is in a report by an fia compliance officer to its ethics committee which has been seen by bbc sport. ben sulayem and the fia have not responded to requests for comment. the ethics committee is expected to take 4—6 weeks to issue its report. snooker has had its first look at the "golden ball" after the start of the riyadh season world masters. ding junhui beat omar alajlani 4—0 in saudi arabia, with the first frame marking the golden ball�*s first use in competitive snooker. the ball can only be potted as a bonus to a maximum break of 147. in this match, the ball was quickly out of the game, with alajlani unable to po