Rachael Blackmore
Rachael Blackmore (born 11 July 1989)[1] is an Irish jockey who competes in National Hunt racing.
Blackmore comes from Killenaule in County Tipperary rode her first winner as an amateur jockey on 10 February 2011. She turned professional in March 2015 and rode her first professional winner in September 2015. Her first Cheltenham Festival winner came in 2019 and she gained her first Grade 1 race victory in Ireland in April of that year, finishing the season with 90 winners and taking the runner-up spot in the Irish jump racing Champion Jockey competition behind Paul Townend for the 2018–19 season. She finished third in the curtailed 2019–20 season. Blackmore is particularly linked to the stable of trainer Henry de Bromhead.[2]
Cheltenham Festival winners (3)
- Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase - (1) A Plus Tard (2019)
- David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle - (1) Honeysuckle (2020)
- Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle - (1) Minella Indo (2019)
Major wins
Ireland
- Arkle Novice Chase - (1) Notebook (2020)
- Hatton's Grace Hurdle - (2) Honeysuckle (2019,2020)
- Irish Champion Hurdle - (1) Honeysuckle (2020)
- Irish Daily Mirror Novice Hurdle - (1) Minella Indo (2019)
- Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final - (1) Honeysuckle (2019)
- Paddy's Reward Club Chase - (1) A Plus Tard (2019)
- Racing Post Novice Chase - (1) Notebook (2019)
- Slaney Novice Hurdle - (1) Bob Olinger (2021)
References
- ^ "Rachael Blackmore among those celebrating on Saturday". Racing Post. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Rachael Blackmore". Horse Racing Ireland. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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