{"id":49058,"date":"2025-05-19T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=49058"},"modified":"2025-05-19T07:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T07:23:41","slug":"18-time-cheltenham-festival-winning-jockey-rachael-blackmore-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/18-time-cheltenham-festival-winning-jockey-rachael-blackmore-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"18-time Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Rachael Blackmore announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Cheltenham Festival top jockey Rachael Blackmore has announced her retirement from the saddle 14 years on from riding her first winner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blackmore, 35, enjoyed a decorated career in the sport as a pioneer for female riders in National Hunt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/horse-racing\">horse racing<\/a>, tallying 18 wins at the Cheltenham Festival.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 she also won the Grand National, becoming the first female jockey to win the race in its 182-year history aboard Minella Times at Aintree.<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH: Rachael Blackmore wins the 2021 Grand National on Minella Times<\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5tDR_OXfpNQ?si=RfE_KMz0PGIZiLDB\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That same year she also made history becoming the first woman to be top jockey at Cheltenham, recording six victories across the four days.<\/p>\n<p>Among her 18 Cheltenham wins include two Champion Hurdles on Honeysuckle, a Gold Cup on A Plus Tard, a Champion Chase on Captain Guinness and a Stayers&#8217; Hurdle on Bob Olinger only this year.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Olinger&#8217;s 2025 Cheltenham Festival win for Blackmore also completed her clean-sweep in the four major races at the meeting &#8211; the Champion Chase, Champion Hurdle, Stayers&#8217; Hurdle and Gold Cup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PufRsGGtvY\">pic.twitter.com\/PufRsGGtvY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachael Blackmore (@rachaelblackmor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachaelblackmor\/status\/1921955004027437505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rachael Blackmore&#8217;s Biggest Wins<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Champion Hurdle (Honeysuckle 2021), (Honeysuckle 2022)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Grand National (Minella Times 2021)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Irish Champion Hurdle (Honeysuckle 2020), (Honeysuckle 2021), (Honeysuckle 2022)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Cheltenham Gold Cup (A Plus Tard 2022)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Champion Chase (Captain Guinness 2024)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Stayers Hurdle (Bob Olinger 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h3>WATCH: All of Rachael Blackmore&#8217;s six wins at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival<\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_P8FCxrUYBM?si=5CyQyXI5AyEcchfM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blackmore was named RTE&#8217;s Sports Person of the Year and BBC&#8217;s World Sport Star of the Year in 2021, pushing jumps racing to a global audience with her success.<\/p>\n<p>She said: <em>&#8220;My days of being a jockey have come to an end. I feel the time is right. I&#8217;m sad but I&#8217;m also incredibly grateful for what my life has been for the past 16 years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I just feel so lucky to have been legged up on the horses I have, and to have experienced success I never even dreamt could be possible.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speculation surrounding the Tipperary-born rider&#8217;s retirement suggests she is ready to start a family with partner and fellow jockey Brian Hayes.<\/p>\n<p>Blackmore thanked John &#8216;Shark&#8217; Hanlon for giving her a first big break in the sport and gave special credit to Henry de Bromhead, with whom she formed a memorable partnership over the years.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Every Rachael Blackmore Cheltenham Festival Win (18)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Cheltenham Gold Cup \u2013 (1) \u2013 A Plus Tard (2022)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Queen Mother Champion Chase \u2013 (1) \u2013 Captain Guinness (2024)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Stayers&#8217; Hurdle &#8211; (1) \u2013 Bob Olinger (2025)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Supreme Novices&#8217; Hurdle \u2013 (1) \u2013 Slade Steel (2024)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Baring Bingham Novices&#8217; Hurdle \u2013 (1) \u2013 Bob Olinger (2021)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Champion Bumper \u2013 (1) \u2013 Sir Gerhard (2021)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Champion Hurdle \u2013 (2) \u2013 Honeysuckle (2021, 2022)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Centenary Novices&#8217; Handicap Chase \u2013 (1) \u2013 A Plus Tard (2019)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> David Nicholson Mares&#8217; Hurdle \u2013 (2) \u2013 Honeysuckle (2020, 2023)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Dawn Run Mares&#8217; Novices&#8217; Hurdle \u2013 (2) \u2013 Telmesomethinggirl (2021), Air Of Entitlement (2025)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Golden Miller Novices&#8217; Chase \u2013 (1) \u2013 Bob Olinger (2022)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Ryanair Chase \u2013 (2) \u2013 Allaho (2021),[15] Envoi Allen (2023)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Albert Bartlett Novices&#8217; Hurdle \u2013 (1) \u2013 Minella Indo (2019)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Triumph Hurdle \u2013 (1) \u2013 Quilixios (2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>WATCH: Rachael Blackmore and Bob Olinger Winning The 2025 Stayers&#8217; Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"BOB OLINGER captures Stayers&#039; Hurdle as Blackmore makes sporting history\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OyLr1IXrwZE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Cheltenham Festival top jockey Rachael Blackmore has announced her retirement from the saddle 14 years on from riding her first winner. 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