Cheltenham Festival 2010: Rupert Murdoch hoping daughter will hit the headlines

By Marcus Armytage 700AM GMT eighteen March 2010

Petrol head Alice Plunkett "s fitness was in when the Channel Four racing presenter done a pit-stop nearby Cheltenham Photo CHRISTOPHER JONES

There is a critical side to the fun, though, that is fund-raising to the balance of over �100,000 for Cancer Research UK. Among the jockeys is Liz Murdoch, daughter of media noble Rupert, who will be examination from the stands.

A efficient week end eventer, Liz has ridden out a integrate of times for Nicky Henderson and been to Stan Mellor for tuition. She rides the top rated equine in the competition but she faces a little some-more experienced rivals in the figure of Georgie Browne, Paul Nicholls" improved half, and, Camilla Henderson.

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Channel Four"s Alice Plunkett had a leader on Tuesday. With the motor fuel sign on red and her inboard computer revelation her she usually had a 10-mile range left in the tank she pulled in to a garage in Winchcombe to fill up.

As she did a minibus full of legless racegoers pulled in. She hid at the back of the siphon and they proceeded to tumble out of the train and in to the emporium for supplies. When she went in to compensate for the tank of petrol, she was sensitive that it had already been paid for.

She went out to the minibus and insisted she repay the poser champion but she was told by a solemn part of of the group not to be concerned and that it would be well in to Wednesday prior to the man in subject would realize he had paid �75 for a parcel of Smarties.

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After receiving a tumble from the luckless Citizen Vic at the second-last fence, Ruby Walsh waited for the equine ambulance organisation to attend and afterwards found himself stuck a 10-minute travel from the weighing room and short of time to weigh out for Master Minded in the next.

Parked next to the blockade was an left alone quad bike so, naturally, he requisitioned it and took off in the citation of the stands. Alas he met his compare when he was stopped by a racecourse alloy who sensitive him he had not nonetheless been upheld fit to float again possibly equine or quad bike.