Rachael Blackmore and Minella Instances take the Grand Nationwide | Healy Racing Images
Jockey Rachael Blackmore will likely be awarded the 2021 Irish Racing Hero Award on the annual Horse Racing Eire Awards in December.
Blackmore turned the primary lady to assert the Cheltenham Pageant Main Jockey title with six winners. She discovered Champion Hurdle success with Honeysuckle (GB) (Sulamani {Ire}) on Tuesday, a Triumph Hurdle rating with Quilixios (GB) (Maxios {GB}) on Friday and in addition gained races in the course of the assembly with Bob Olinger (Ire) (Sholokhov {Ire}) and Sir Gerhard (Ire) (Jeremy) on Wednesday and Allaho (Fr) (No Danger At All {Fr}) and Telmesomethinggirl (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}) on Thursday.
She turned the primary lady to journey the winner of the long-lasting G3 Grand Nationwide along with her success on Minella Instances (Ire) (Oscar {Ire}) described as “historic” by President Michael D Higgins, “a very wonderful achievement” by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, with Minister for Agriculture, Meals and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D, saying, “You might be as soon as once more a historical past maker and have carried out Eire proud.”
Suzanne Eade, interim CEO of Horse Racing Eire, stated, “Rachael’s achievements on two of bounce racing’s largest phases are really historic. Not solely was she the primary lady to journey the winner of a championship race at Cheltenham, however Rachael additionally turned the primary lady to win the Main Jockey Award on the pageant. It’s exceptional that her six winners included 5 at Grade 1 degree.
“Her Aintree Grand Nationwide victory made headlines everywhere in the world and that accomplishment alone will resonate with so many throughout the racing business and past.
“Rachael has turn out to be greater than a task mannequin; she is a real icon of our great sport and a most becoming winner of the 2021 Irish Racing Hero Award.”
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