Rachael Blackmore

Rachael Blackmore (born 11 July 1989) is an Irish former National Hunt jockey. In 2021, she became the first female jockey to win the Grand National in the 182-year history of the race. She also became the first woman to be leading jockey at the Cheltenham Festival with six victories, including the Champion Hurdle, in 2021. The following year she became the first female jockey to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup. She announced her immediate retirement on 12 May 2025, having won 575 races as a professional jockey. Blackmore's achievements saw her named the 2021 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year and the 2021 BBC World Sport Star of the Year.

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Born

(1989-07-11) 11 July 1989 (age 36)Killenaule, County Tipperary, Ireland

Occupation

Jockey

Sport

Horse racing

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Preceded byKhabib Nurmagomedov

Achievements

Preceded byKhabib Nurmagomedov

Achievements

BBC World Sport Star of the Year 2021

Achievements

Succeeded byLionel Messi

Achievements
Preceded byKhabib Nurmagomedov	BBC World Sport Star of the Year 2021	Succeeded byLionel Messi

References

"Rachael Blackmore among those celebrating on Saturday"
https://www.racingpost.com/news/rachael-blackmore-among-those-celebrating-on-saturday/441660
The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/rachael-blackmore-the-reluctant-heroine-blazing-a-trail-in-irish-horse-racing-1.3895622
BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/56704524
Horse Racing Ireland
https://www.goracing.ie/racing-statistics/jockeys/data/?jid=7570
BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/43768373
BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/47841036
The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/unassuming-rachael-blackmore-scales-fresh-heights-to-finally-take-centre-stage-1.4514983
Irish Independent
https://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/guard-of-honour-for-cheltenham-heroes-as-rachael-blackmore-and-jack-kennedy-return-to-action-in-thurles-40219800.html
BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/56701659
BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/61051393
BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/65287308
BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/68808459
BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/articles/ce84e9z9dqpo
Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/18/rachael-blackmore-celebrates-historic-gold-cup-win-on-a-plus-tard-cheltenham-festival-horse-racing
Racing Post
https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/1898665/honeysuckle/form
BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/64953649
Racing Post
https://www.racingpost.com/news/britain/rachael-blackmores-heroes-the-five-horses-who-helped-etch-her-name-into-greatness-aV6MC2s9Onlz/
The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2024/12/29/rachael-blackmore-makes-winning-return-from-injury-with-july-flowers-at-leopardstown/
Racing Post
https://www.racingpost.com/news/ireland/groundbreaking-jockey-rachael-blackmore-announces-her-immediate-retirement-aK2tC8f8dfyg/
Horse Racing Ireland
https://www.hri.ie/statistics/jockey/data/?jid=7570
Irish Mirror
https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/horse-racing/rachael-blackmore-breaks-new-ground-32893885
BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/articles/cy90jg14r8go
Evoke.ie
https://evoke.ie/2025/04/03/news/sport/who-is-rachael-blackmore
Racing Post
https://www.racingpost.com/profile/jockey/88993/rachael-blackmore/stats
"Rachael Blackmore named Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year 2021"
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/rachael-blackmore-named-irish-times-sport-ireland-sportswoman-of-the-year-2021-1.4757938
Racing Post
https://www.racingpost.com/news/rachael-blackmore-named-rte-sportsperson-of-the-year-for-third-award-in-a-week/527960
"Sports Personality 2021: Rachael Blackmore crowned BBC's World Sport Star of the Year"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/59681682
"Honorary awards to foreign nationals in 2023"
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/honorary-british-awards-to-foreign-nationals-2023/honorary-awards-to-foreign-nationals-in-2023