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Rachael Blackmore, the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National-winning jockey ... it's not possible to mention everyone (as I don't want this to be another book) but I'm going to get a few names in ...
Blackmore achieved numerous firsts, including winning the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle as well as landing a SPOTY award ...
In the saddle, Blackmore was clinical with a brilliant race riding mind. She was the jockey for the big occasion and tough too, never founding wanting in a finish and able to roll with the punches.
"Tactically she has come on so much. Paul Townend got the brunt of it at Cheltenham when she locked him up a few times, and ...
The tributes continue to pour in for Tipperary's own Rachael Blackmore, who last week announced her immediate retirement from ...
This is unbelievable." It perhaps speaks volumes that by the time Blackmore won the Cheltenham Gold Cup aboard A Plus Tard the following year, while her sex remained the headline in the news pages ...
Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National-winning rider Rachael Blackmore has announced her retirement from the saddle ...
Rachael Blackmore may have gone on to achieve global fame but her days as a jockey began in quieter fashion when she claimed her first win as a professional at Clonmel in 2015. The success came as a ...
Blackmore, who started her career with Carlow trainer Shark Hanlon, where she had her first winner on Stowaway Pearl at Thurles in 2011, made the move to Knockeen back in 2018 where A Plus Tard became ...