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When it finally happened, Rachael Blackmore made one wonder what all the fuss was about. The quiet-spoken girl from Tipperary shattered the sport's glass ceiling in her trademark low-key way as if the ...
LONDON - Trailblazing jockey Rachael Blackmore has retired from racing with immediate effect, the 35-year-old said on Monday. Ireland's Blackmore made history in 2021 when she became the first ...
LONDON (AP) — Rachael Blackmore, the first female jockey to win the Grand National, retired from horse racing on Monday with immediate effect. The 35-year-old Blackmore became globally renowned ...
You can check out at any time. More info Rachael Blackmore’s professional riding career stretched to a little over 10 years. But she bows out leaving few big-race boxes unticked. Daughter of a ...
National Hunt heroine Rachael Blackmore will once again bid to tackle Aintree's treacherous fences, four years on from her historic Grand National victory. County Tipperary's own has come on leaps ...
WILLY DE HOUELLE suffered a fatal injury at Aintree. And jockey Rachael Blackmore was taken into an ambulance following the fall. Willy De Houelle was racing in the Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O ...
Willy De Houelle was racing in the Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle on day one of the 2025 Grand National festival at Aintree. The four-year-old gelding tumbled early on, dismounting ...
Ritchie Blackmore, the legendary former Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist, suffered a heart attack 18 months ago, and is unlikely to return to European stages anytime soon, according to his wife ...
Grand National winner Rachael Blackmore suffered a nasty fall in the Grade 1 Juvenile Hurdle at Aintree on Thursday. Blackmore was riding Willy De Houelle for Willie Mullins in the second race ...
Rachael Blackmore will be on a mission to continue rewriting the history books when she rides in the Grand National this weekend. The 35-year-old cemented her legacy as a horse racing icon in ...
Rachael Blackmore was among the jockeys stung with a ban at the Cheltenham Festival. The 35-year-old was found to have used her whip once more than the maximum level of seven from jumping the ...