Hollywood at a canter! Champion racehorse Dream Alliance becomes a movie icon after being bought by a village, raised on an allotment and winning the Welsh Grand National Former champion racehorse Dream Alliance, 19, has been immortalised in a film He rose to victory in 2009 Welsh Grand National and is now enjoying retirement Dreamy now enjoys … Read more
Her first pony was a humble wooden rocking horse, which was never going to win any races or propel her into the record books. Her second was rather more promising, a cute steed called Bubbles, upon which a smiling seven-year-old Rachael Blackmore proudly sat in her baby pink quilted riding jacket. Photographs like these can … Read more
‘I won’t be the last’: Grand National winner Rachael Blackmore says other female jockeys will follow in her footsteps after historic victory Rachael Blackmore, 31, became the first female jockey to win the Grand National She rode 11/1 shot Minella Times to a comfortable victory at Aintree yesterday Her victory followed similar wins as the … Read more
History-maker Rachael Blackmore becomes the first woman to win the Grand National as she leads 11/1 shot Minella Times to a comfortable victory at Aintree just weeks after dominating the Cheltenham Festival Rachael Blackmore made history as she became the first female jockey to win the Grand National on Minella Times The Irish rider, who … Read more
Rachael Blackmore becomes first women to win the Grand National as she leads Minella Times to victory at Aintree just weeks after dominating the Cheltenham Festival By Kishan Vaghela For Mailonline Published: 16:15 BST, 10 April 2021 | Updated: 17:31 BST, 10 April 2021 Rachael Blackmore will be hoping to make history at Grand National … Read more
It’s Fabulous Friday! Glamorous Grand National revellers mark Ladies Day from home by donning colourful frocks and cracking open the bubbly Would-be racegoers marked Ladies Day at home as Aintree is closed to visitors Second day of Grand National Festival one of most popular race days in calendar Fans posed in their gardens dressed up … Read more
The Grand National meeting gets underway without crowds as Aintree lies deserted at the time thousands of punters would usually be piling through its doors ready for a beer and bacon sandwich! The Grand National’s first meeting will take place without fans on Thursday Aintree racecourse was empty ahead of the event with the UK … Read more
ITV Racing’s Oli Bell believes there’s no better stage than the Cheltenham Festival to illustrate ‘everything that is great’ about the sport. The horse racing industry has been left reeling after a photo of top National Hunt trainer Gordon Elliott sitting astride a dead horse was leaked on social media last month. Three-time Grand National winner … Read more
Cheltenham Festival-winning amateur jockey Rob James handed 12-month ban from racing – with the last eight suspended – after shocking video emerged of him jumping onto the back of a dead horse Rob James has been banned for 12 months by the Irish Horseracing Board Sickening video of him climbing onto back of a dead … Read more
Gordon Elliott has been banned from training for 12 months as punishment for the shocking picture of him sat on a dead horse. The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) held a disciplinary hearing into the matter on Friday following the emergence of the grotesque image on social media last weekend. Elliott, who has won the … Read more