Rachael Blackmore voted the BBC's World Sports Star of the Year

The Tipperary woman was the first female to win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham and followed up a month later with victory at the Grand National
Rachael Blackmore voted the BBC's World Sports Star of the Year

Rachael Blackmore was popular as ever with fans at Thurles Racecourse on Sunday. Picture: Healy Racing

Sun, 19 Dec, 2021 - 20:59
Cian Locke

An incredible year for Rachael Blackmore continued when she was voted BBC World Sport Star on Sunday.

Blackmore, 32, made history at the Cheltenham Festival in March when becoming the first woman to win the Champion Hurdle and also to lift the leading rider award.

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