and a working dinner with president erdogan. you re watching bbc news. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s betty. hello. good afternoon! it s gold cup day at the cheltenham festival one of the big highlights of the horse racing calender. the race has just got under way galopin des champs was the pre race favourite, while rachel blackmore and a plus tard will be hoping to win the race for a second successive year. there s already been some irish success on st patrick s day trainer willie mullins had the first fourfinishers in the triumph hurdle. but in the group one novices hurdle there was a surprise win for the 18 1 shot stay away fay, ridden by harry cobden and trained
of our calendar. but the hope will be for a cheltenham free of controversy as for the next four days this quiet corner of the cotswolds becomes the centre of the racing world. in the next few minutes we should hear the famous cheltenham roar when the first race of the festival gets under way, the first race of the festival gets underway, but the first race of the festival gets under way, but the big races the champion hurdle where all eyes will be on constitution hill, a horse that has never been eaten, so it starts as the red hot favourites, and that the showpiece event is on friday, cheltenham gold cup, where rachael blackmore and a plus tard will hope to retain their title. a small data centre the size of a washing machine is being used to heat a public swimming pool in devon. the computer system generates enough