Rachael Blackmore: Historic Grand National triumph for modest trailblazer
By Frank KeoghBBC Sport at Aintree
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Blackmore was the first woman to be leading jockey at last month s Cheltenham Festival
Like countless young pony riders, Rachael Blackmore watched the film National Velvet starring Elizabeth Taylor and dreamed of one day winning the Grand National.
On 10 April 2021 she made fantasy a reality. The first female jockey to triumph in the world s most famous steeplechase, with a stirring victory on Minella Times. National Velvet was definitely something that would have been on the television when we were growing up. I ve got no punchy line to go with it, she told me.
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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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History made: Rachael Blackmore celebrates winning the Aintree Grand National.
Image: Alan Crowhurst/PA
Image: Alan Crowhurst/PA
TED AND KATIE Walsh have heaped praise on Rachael Blackmore following her historic victory in the Aintree Grand National.
Fresh on the heels of being crowned leading rider at the Cheltenham Festival, Blackmore became the first woman to ride the winner of the world’s most greatest steeplechase aboard the Henry de Bromhead-trained Minella Times.
County Waterford trainer Henry de Bromhead, who saddled the first and second horses in this year's Aintree Grand National, has described his success there and before that at Cheltenham as beyond his wildest dreams.