ruby walsh and ireland dominated day three of the cheltenham festival, with walsh riding four winnershe sun is setting on lizzie greenwood—hughes. lizzie, a nice quiet night in the local pubs and the bars for the irish. well, they deserve it, don't they? there was an a green sweet cake, six out of seven races today at cheltenham run by —— one by irish trainers. there is an amazing horse sale going on behind me. one has just sold for 170,000 euros, some serious horses here tonight. today has been about the irish, two men in particular, ruby mullins —— ruby walsh and willie mullins. let us ta ke walsh and willie mullins. let us take her look first of all at the ryanair chase, where they co mforta bly ryanair chase, where they comfortably won that grade one title.

ruby walsh rode in three races to date including the feature race. walls hope the first point of the super league season tonight. they got off to the worst possible start. 6—0 after ten minutes before ben crookes added a second try for the home side to make it10-0. second try for the home side to make it 10-0. the second try for the home side to make it 10—0. the conversion hit the post but both sides scored a penalty. 12-2 is but both sides scored a penalty. 12—2 is the latest score in the 50th minute. a former british cycle was told the bbc he broke the sport's rules by secretly injecting himself with vitamins when riding for team sky he admitted it to team sky in 2014 but it was covered up. team - say he it was covered up. team sky say he ever admitted self injecting and did not report them because they were concerned about his mental state. it dawned on me whilst i was doing it how extreme it is. going to get it how extreme it is. going to get it all is one thing and then when you gee back - . , it all is one thing and then when you gee back and

many will be cheering on ruby walsh, yesterday the jockey won four races with trainer willie mullins.l dominated by irish horses. could we have another irish winner? we will find out at 3:30pm. thank you, andy smith at cheltenham. dramatic pictures have emerged of the moment a woman managed to escape a mudslide in peru. you canjust see her — covered in mud, in the middle of the picture — dragging herself to safety. heavy rains triggered the slides, which have killed at least a dozen people. let's cut —— let's catch up with the weather prospects here. torrential rain over there, darren? it only happens once every ten or 15 yea rs. we have it only happens once every ten or 15 years. we have nothing like as bad as that but it is certainly changing. earlier in the week we had much

and coming up in the sport on bbc news, ruby walsh rides four winners on day three at the cheltenhaml, including victory on nichols canyon in the feature race, the stayers' hurdle. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has rejected the call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying now is not the time. mrs may said the focus needs to be , , brexit deal for the uk, the scottish people judge whether they want to be part of it or not. on monday scotland's first minister called for a referendum in the autumn of 2018 or the spring of the following year. today nicola sturgeon said xyz... our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. no to this. no to this... no to this... and even no to talks about a referendum, at least not now. we should be working together, not pulling apart, we should be working together, to get that right deal for scotland, that right deal for the uk, asi scotland, that right deal for the uk, as i say that is myjob as prime minister, and so for that reason, i say to the snp, now is not the time. the prime minister's westminste

the great trainerjockey combo of willie mullins and ruby walsh.ain race the stayers hurdle. nichols canyon coming home. mullins and walsh have the favourite djakadam in the gold cup today but it‘s a wide open field with colin tizzard having the highly fancied cue card. he works with his head on his chest and he rips up over and he gets to the top, here‘s a happy horse. he is not ready for anything else yet, here‘s a racehorse and he loves that. he - as good a chance as he that. he has as good a chance as he ever have. how do 5: tell a will ever have. how do you tell a horse is happy? it probably does not have a long face! you have interesting pictures of a golf “was the arnold palmer invitaional in orlando. first round, all the top golfers are there, and cody gribble. he was the talk of the clubhouse. here he was wandering down the 6th fairway. bringing up a disabled child is hard enough for any family, but almost seven out of ten families never get support caring for their disabled children, new research suggests. in a survey of more than 2,000 f

been a briulliant week for the irish they had six winners yesterday, willie mullins and jockey ruby walshrning. and has also won at ascot last month. he worked so hard with his head in his chest and rips up over, he jogs back. he is a happy horse. he is not ready for anything else yet, he is a racehorse and he loves it. i really believe he has got a good a chance as he has ever had. the going will be all in the betting markets. here's the clerk of the course with his thoughts on the race. ruby and willie mullins on fire yesterday and they sort them a couple of weeks ago in ireland and cougle of weeks agmin ireland—and = looked in tremendous form. i was he looked in tremendous form. i was talking to somebody about native river and if the ground might be too quick for him it was he won at newbury on soft ground and the a nswer newbury on soft ground and the answer is to not be surprised because he has a real turn off i do because he has a real turn off = .- i do not think the because he has a real turn off g i do not think the current route. i do not think the current conditions will be det

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