hello and welcome to sportsday. rachel blackmore makes history at the cheltenham festival but she s also beaten by the horse she turned down in the gold cup minella indo. on the brink of the 6 nations grand slam we look at what exactly wales need to do to win the title tomorrow. and as mourinho says his players failed the basics of life in their europa league defeat last night, we look at what s gone wrong at spurs? hello and welcome to sportsday. so thanks forjoining us, lots to get through and we re starting with the cheltenham festival jump racing s olympic games and today was the one they all want to win the gold cup. it went to minella indo, part of a unique big race treble for his trainer henry de bromhead, one of many incredible stories there this week. in a moment i ll be talking to the bbc s racing commentatorjohn hunt, getting his take on the festival including of course, rachel blackmore s historic leading jockey trophy. but first our correspondent andy s
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