Rachael Blackmore appears to announce pregnancy with pram picture

A legend of national hunt racing, Tipperary trailblazer Rachel Blackmore retired last year and is now set to become a mother. Picture: Alan Betson / The Irish Times.

Rachael Blackmore appears to have announced that she and her husband Brian Hayes are expecting their first child.

A legend of national hunt racing, the Tipperary trailblazer retired last year and is now set to become a mother.

The 36-year-old broke the news with an Instagram story featuring a snap of her car with a pram box in the boot.

“Boot contents looking a little different now,” she captioned the story post.

Rachel Blackmore broke her pregnancy news with an Instagram story featuring a snap of her car with a pram box in the boot. Picture: Rachel Blackmore/Instagram.

The news comes just months after her marriage to fellow jockey Brian Hayes.

In a recent post-race interview with RacingTV, Hayes confirmed that the pair got married in private in Rosscarbery, West Cork, at the beginning of January.

“Myself and Rachael got married, so yeah, off the market. [It was] a lovely day,” he said.

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"We got married on the Friday down home in Rosscarbery, in my home place, went up there to Cavan then on the Monday and had a big party up there with all our friends and family and it was nice. Just nice to get married finally.” 

Last week, Blackmore shared images from her wedding day on social media, posting two photos of herself and her now-husband.

In the first photo, Blackmore looked every inch the beautiful bride, wearing a long white dress with a cross detailing on the bust.

Another image showed Blackmore wearing a chic mini dress with a semi-sheer draped scarf across her décolletage.