Grand National winner Rachael Blackmore s family life - boyfriend, hometown and the thrill of competition
Blackmore claimed her first victory in February 2011, before going on to turn professional in March 2015
Nina Carberry, Rachael Blackmore and Katie Walsh (Image: Chris Bellew /Fennell Photography)
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Locked up so far in April: Some of the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this month
These are some of the criminals that have recently been jailed in Greater Manchester
18:33, 11 APR 2021
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Locked up so far in April: Some of the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this month
From the reclusive man sending sick messages to teenage girls who was actually talking to undercover cops, to the dad-of-three who grabbed a woman by the throat before launching her down a flight of stairs.
These are just some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester so far this month.
The region s courts have given out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes with M.E.N. reporters there to cover the most serious.
The 2021 Randox Grand National: What the beaten jockeys and trainers said
Sat 10 Apr 2021
From hard-luck stories to great spins that were cut short, read what the beaten riders had to say after the Aintree spectacular on Saturday.
Aidan Coleman, Balko Des Flos (2nd)
“I couldn’t be happier with him. He was super. He jumped brilliantly and travelled into it really well. He did everything right but just didn’t win. All credit to him.”
Mark Walsh, Any Second Now (3rd)
“He was very unlucky, he very nearly got brought down at the third last and he’s done great to finish third.”
Cloth Cap will be going in as favourite
Credit: PA
The 2021 Grand National gets underway this afternoon. Here, 1990 winner Marcus Armytage gives his verdict, while you can find the view of our tipster Marlborough and the thoughts of the great and the good from sport below.
Good luck!
It may not be quite the message the Government has wanted to get across to the public in the last 12 months but, as a degree of normality begins to return, it is time we should all start Takingrisks.
A year after the Randox Health Grand National was cancelled by Covid, the 173
rd running will finally take place albeit in front of its smallest ever crowd which might just about amount to 1,000 people if you add up the owners, trainers, officials, racecourse staff and police.
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Today (10 April) jockey Rachael Blackmore made history when becoming the first ever female jockey to win the Grand National.
A completely astounded Rachael was first past the post aboard the Henry De Bromhead-trained Minella Times, who went off at a price of 11/1 and fourth favourite in the betting.
“I just cannot believe it,” Rachael said to
ITV Racing immediately after the race. “I had an absolutely sensational spin and my God, what Henry De Bromhead does with these horses I’m lucky to ride them.