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willie mullins has never won the gold cup.rd, a horse trained by mullins. —— bya tied to card, a horse trained by mullins. —— by a former dairy it would be an extraordinary farmer. it would be an extraordinary story is cue card good do that. a lot of fans here keeping their fingers crossed for cue card. keep an eye out by lizzie kelly, the first female jockey . ride in the first female jockey to ride in the gold cup since the 1980s. she is on board 342. and outside as far as the bookies concerned. what it win it would be on st patrick‘s day. many thanks. it‘s the final weekend of rugby union‘s six nations championship england are in dublin looking to win back to back grandslams..that‘s never been done in the six nations. a win against ireland would also see them hold the record by themselves for most test wins on the bounce, 19. the last time england won back to back grandslams was in 91 and 92 in the old five nations. i‘ve had will carling texting me, reminding me how great his team was. he called it his team. i‘m very aware.

it's been a briulliant week for the irish they had six winners yesterday, willie mullins and jockey rubyhis morning. 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

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

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

the train at —— train at willie mullins has six winners already.nder the snp's proposed timetable for another referendum. theresa may spoke in the last hour at the conservative spring conference in cardiff — and reiterated that independence would be "bad for scotland, bad for the uk and bad for us all". our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. at the snp conference it is hardly surprising that the focus is on a second referendum on scottish independence. we don't know when it will take place. legally it is westminster, not scotland's first minister, that takes the decision. but here it feels like the campaign is already under way. the members are delighted at the call for another vote within two years but pro—union campaigners do not want it to happen at all. the snp's deputy leader had a message for them and the prime minister. people of this country will have their choice. they will not be denied their say. the stirrings of a standing ovation spurred him on. the snp spring conference in aberdeen was supposed to be discussing a rang