Rachael Blackmore named RTÉ sportsperson of 2021
WHAT A YEAR: Rachael Blackmore celebrates on Honeysuckle. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
CHELTENHAM heroine Rachael Blackmore has been named RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year.
The National Hunt jockey twice made history this year. Firstly, with a stunning week at the Cheltenham Festival, where she was the first-ever female to be crowned ‘Top Jockey’, with six wins, including in the Champion Hurdle with Honeysuckle. She then followed that up at Aintree, as she became the first female jockey to win the Randox Grand National with Minella Times.
