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the focus was on the sport's new wonder horse, constitution hill, the hot favourite for the champion hurdle and he lived up to his billing with the most emphatic of victories. but the days most special win was this. rachel blackmore on honeysuckle, the horse's last race before retiring and what a way to go out. for trainer henry du bromhead, whose sonjack died in a riding accident last year, it was a most poignant victory. it is massive. we know jack is always with us and i am sure he was there on rachel's shoulder and, you know, she has been a huge part of our life and he just adored her. so, i think, she did it for him as much as all of us. andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. a cheltenham. reminder of our top story. washington a reminder of our top story. washington and moscow are giving very different accounts of an american surveillance
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with a little bit of sunshine. there's lots more on our website and social media including more on that david bowie exhibition and the cheapest way to stay warm in bed. that's it for now, i'll be back in around half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with nina warhurst and charlie stayt. coming up on breakfast this morning. we'll catch up with author and illustrator charlie mackesy, with the film version of his book �*the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse' nominated for an oscar. the handmade puppets from guillermo del toro's bafta winning film �*pinocchio' are currently on display in manchester. we'll take you there live for a closer look. and itv�*s cold—case crime drama �*unforgotten' is back for a new series, with a new detective. we'll be joined by actor sinead keenan and screenwriter chris lang just before 9.
come on, come on! go, go! for the riders, the sheer amount of snow and ice kicked up by the horse's hooves mean face protection is pretty important. by the final lap, you could see the horse is beginning to tire and she was desperately trying to hang on. so, our rider came fourth, unfortunately, but it did look like a really tough race. they came round three times and, gosh, these horses were going so fast. it was really thrilling.
at one point, valeria was in the lead and looking good. come on, come on! go, go! for the riders, the sheer amount of snow and ice kicked up by the horse's hooves mean face protection is pretty important. by the final lap, you could see the horse is beginning to tire and she was desperately trying to hang on. so, our rider came fourth, unfortunately, but it did look like a really tough race. they came round three times and, gosh, these horses were going so fast. it was really thrilling.
was in the lead and looking good. come on, come on! go, go! for the riders, the sheer amount of snow and ice kicked up by the horse's hooves mean face protection is pretty important. by the final lap, you could see the horse is beginning to tire and she was desperately trying to hang on. so, our rider came fourth, unfortunately, but it did look like a really tough race. they came round three times and, gosh, these horses were going so fast. it was really thrilling.
bell rings. cries of encouragement. at one point, valeria was in the lead and looking good. come on, come on! go, go! for the riders, the sheer amount of snow and ice kicked up by the horse's hooves mean face protection is pretty important. by the final lap, you could see the horse is beginning to tire and she was desperately trying to hang on.
for the riders, the sheer amount of snow and ice kicked up by the horse's hooves mean face protection is pretty important. by the horses�* hooves mean face protection is pretty important. by the final lap, you could see the horse is beginning to tire and she was desperately trying to hang on. so, our rider came fourth, unfortunately, but it did look like a really tough race. they came round three times and, gosh, these horses were going so fast. it was really thrilling. carmen high up in the alps there in march. 0k, we're off to sri lanka now. and at the start of the year,
dissecting what was in the thing. so i thought i would ask myself four or five questions about what i was going to cover. what do you want to say in the briefest few words as to why you're doing it? as a director, i knew if i got that, maybe i didn't get great imagery or tone, but if you got that, you got it. >> so that horse's head scene, in the book, the horse's head is not in the bed, is it? >> here's the book, no. >> what made you put it on the bed? >> i just thought it would be more interesting if he felt something in his bed and he opened the shoot and there was blood. always you get more shock if you can get the audience to think -- it's called misdirection. so if he saw blood, maybe the