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Daily Mirror
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Melissa Jones

Aston Villa stars cheer on horses at Cheltenham Festival after making friends pledge

Aston Villa stars spent a day at the races to fulfil a pledge to be friends off the pitch. The Premier League players got together to enjoy the first day of the Cheltenham Festival.

Skipper Tyrone Mings was among the group in the grandstand watching the seven races at the big sporting event. Alongside Emiliano Martinez, Ashley Young, Kortney Hause and Matty Cash, the group saw Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore land back-to-back wins in the Champion Hurdle.

Emi Buendia, Philippe Coutinho, Ollie Watkins and John McGinn also joined in the action, among a crowd of 68,000 people at the Gloucestershire venue. Recently Mings revealed how the team, set to face Arsenal at home on Saturday, were doing more social activities to get them to bond.

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