Andrew Thompson will head to Cheltenham today to lead the latest round of negotiations with racing's commercial rights holders over Channel 4's coverage of the sport, reports Matt Scott, aka the Guardian's "Digger". Discussions with the BBC are believed to have been concluded, with the licence-payer set to lay out a fee for the crown jewels of the turf such as the Grand National.
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