Trainer Willie Mullins believes Quevega could be even better than last year as she bids for her own piece of Cheltenham Festival history this afternoon.

Representatives of the weighing room and the training ranks met with British Horseracing Authority officials, including the incoming chief executive Paul Bittar, in London on Friday to discuss the controversial whip rules.

JOCKEYS’ representatives in Britain will urge racecourse stewards to use more discretion when applying the whip rules when they meet with the British Horseracing Authority on Friday.

SPIRIT Of Adjisa will carry top weight in the William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle at Kempton on Saturday.