Rachael Blackmore was lost for words after winning the Gold Cup but that didn’t matter because as usual, the Tipperary jockey had let her actions do the talking. It was the one that got away last year when, after chasing Minella Indo up the run-in, Blackmore and A Plus Tard were the bridesmaids that only […]

4 years ago

She said she was the proudest woman in the world last year, when Rachael Blackmore and Honeysuckle stormed up the Cheltenham hill and she must feeling something similar again now. Eimir Blackmore gets nervous and that’s why, with her daughter in the middle of it all, she doesn’t go racing all that often but she’s […]

4 years ago

Rachael Blackmore is favourite to lift the World Sports-star of the Year at the BBC Sports personality of the year awards. As the 2021 calendar draws to a close, it is once again time to look back on the sporting achievements of the year and at the top of the pile are those of Tipperary […]

4 years ago

Henry De Bromhead was only coming to terms with a barnstorming Cheltenham when he went and won the Aintree Grand National. It really has been a sensational season for the Waterford trainer, who having been the subject of more victory interviews than he could ever have imagined, says that his well of superlatives has by […]

5 years ago

Irish racing was, not too long ago, dominated by Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott to the extent that it was deemed a two-horse-race. The rich owners came to them and the small yards, well, aside from the odd handicap or an aberration, they were in for a baron few years in the land of the […]

5 years ago

Paddy Power have unveiled a 25ft (7.5m) statue entitled ‘Fearless Jockey’ at the Cheltenham Festival. The giant statue was modeled after jockey Rachael Blackmore with the Tipperary rider turning up to Pinewood Studios to undergo 3D scanning to form the model of the statue. The monument is located at the main entrance to Prestbury Park and weighs about 300kg […]

7 years ago