'The time is right': Rachael Blackmore brings glittering racing career to an end
TRAILBLAZER: Rachael Blackmore celebrates aboard A Plus Tard after winning the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup. The jockey from Killenaule in Tipperary had 18 winners in total at Cheltenham. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
Cheltenham Gold Cup and Aintree Grand National-winning jockey Rachael Blackmore has announced her retirement from racing.
The Tipperary native was victorious in the 2021 Grand National on Henry de Bromhead's Minella Times, becoming the first female jockey to win the race. She was also Cheltenham's leading jockey in 2021 with six winners, and had 18 victories in total at Prestbury Park, including the 2022 Gold Cup on A Plus Tard, and the Champion Hurdle, twice, on Honeysuckle.
