boum photo winning in successive years, and it has been a wonderful festival for his trainer willie mullinsoday, and it mullins. his seventh win of the festivalfor today, and it was mullins. his seventh win of the festival for today, and it was that early success that caused the odds on al boum photo to tumble prior to the race. he went off the ten — three favourite. he was pushed all the levels that santini could have done it if it had been three furlongs. he might have pushed him over the line there, and lost in translation... it was a wonderful gold cup, but willie mullins told me he always had faith in the horse, and this is the horse that brought him his first ever gold cup after many years of waiting last year. he isa he is a very laid horse, just like his jockey. he is a very laid horse, just like hisjockey. paul came he is a very laid horse, just like his jockey. paul came here he is a very laid horse, just like hisjockey. paul came here with a lot of pressure this year, being numberone lot of pressure this year, being number one jockey for the first time in cheltenham for us, and h

willie mullins and al boum photo, that becomes the first horse since 2004 to win sit...t was that early success that caused the odds to planet on al boum photo. 130 favourite he was, and it was very close. if that race had been a few more yards, i think santini might have caught him on the line, but i spoke to willie on the —— after the race, and he said he was confident the horse would do well. the only worry he had was when he discovered a few months ago that he had escaped from his stable and was tucking into a bag of carrots, and he had to lead him back to the stable. he was confident the horse had the talent to do it again. he waited a long time for the first gold cup last year and he has two now in successive year and he has two now in su ccess ive years . year and he has two now in successive years. i was chatting about the grand national. all these sporting events being cancelled. he said he would bring his horses next month, but whether he gets the choice we will have to wait and see. thank you very much. as ever, more on the website as to how coronavirus is aff

last harder,, the leader —— the leader until the last hurdle, somehow though ryderfell off, so willie mullinsday, and of course he is happening to when the big one. albion photo hoping to become the first first to back gold cup since 2004. we first first to back gold cup since 200a. we will find out about that one later. not quite loud as it is normally, the cheltenham roar. we know a few people haven't —— we know a lot of people haven't come and the numbers have been down all week but as we say everyone looking towards the big race at the 30 pm. i've met plenty more to come this afternoon, they say. thank you very much. —— and there is plenty more still to come. lizzie, thank you very much. many events affected or cancelled because of the coronavirus. we've compiled a full list on the bbc sport website — it's being updated all the time so do keep checking — that's at bbc.co.uk/sport. and more from the bbc sport centre throughout the day. bye from me. many thanks, holly. the government is facing questions over whether its latest health measures will do enough to slow the spread of coronavirus

and they saw the willie mullins trained al boum photo beat santini by a neck to become the first horseockey paul townend on board for the irish champion trainer. the last horse to win it more than once was best mate, who won the race three times between 2002 and 2004. leeds could have gone top of super league this weekend after leaders wigan suffered a shock defeat last night. they led salford14—2 at one stage, but the home side fought back to win18—14. leeds match with catalans dragons has though been postponed because of concerns over coronavirus. the world rally championship is another event still taking place. round three is under way in mexico. after 13 stages britain's elfyn evans is third, more than half a minute behind toyota team mate sebastien ogier of france. esapekka lappi's rally ended in dramatic fashion. the finn's ford catching fire. marshalls couldn't put it out, so he had to drive it to a safe place, where it burnt to a wreck. and there'll be a few aches and pains this morning after sport relief yesterday. olympic hockey champion sam quek and comedian lloyd griffiths

al boum's trainer is willie mullins. he isa he is a laid—back course, very laid—back.back. all came in with a lot of pressure this year, being the number onejockey lot of pressure this year, being the number one jockey for the first time in cotton for us. and, you know, he stabbed his name on cheltenham and stamped his authority. so i'm really pleased for paul. there has been a big shock in the super league, as salford produced a stunning fight back to beat the leaders wigan. salford were trailing 14—2 at one stage, but three second half tries, including this effort from kevin brown, sealed an 18—14 victory. leeds could have replaced wigan at the top tomorrow but their game against catalans has been postponed because of coronavirus fears. that's all the sport for now. hello again. yesterday we had a glorious start to the day. clear sunny skies, glistening snow on the mountain tops in scotland. sunny skies, glistening snow on the mountain tops in scotlandm sunny skies, glistening snow on the mountain tops in scotland. it really was a perfect start. but it wasn't like th

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and they saw the willie mullins trained al boum photo beat santini by a neck to become the first horse than once was best mate, who won the race three times between 2002 and 2004. he's a laid—back horse, like his jockey, paul is very laid—back. all came here with a lot of pressure this year being number one jockey for the first time in cheltenham for us. for the first time in cheltenham for us. you know, he stand—to his name on cheltenham and stabbed his authority. so i'm really pleased for paul -- authority. so i'm really pleased for paul —— stamped. leeds could have gone top of super league this weekend, after leaders wigan suffered a shock defeat last night. they led salford14—2 at one stage, but the home side fought back to win 18—14. leeds game with catalans dragons has though been postponed because of coronavirus fears. there'll be some few aches and pains this morning after sports relief yesterday. olympic champion sam quek and comedian lloyd griffiths will probably be suffering — they were involved in 2020 penalties. quek won — scoring more than 1400 while griffiths was in goal