Kelly is expecting her first child later in the yearFirst female jockey to win Grade One jumps prizeRecord-breaking jump jockey Lizzie Kelly has announced her retirement from the saddle as she and her husband are expecting their first child later in the year. Kelly, 27, made turf history by being the first woman to win a Grade One race over jumps with Tea For Two in the Kauto Star Novice Chase at Kempton on
boxing Day in 2015.
She went on to land a second major success on the same horse, who was trained by her stepfather Nick Williams, in the Betway Bowl at Aintree in April 2017. In 2018, Kelly claimed her first Cheltenham Festival winner with Coo Star Sivola in the Ultima Handicap Chase and enjoyed a second winner there in 2019 on Siruh Du Lac in the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Handicap Chase. Her other big-race successes in 11 years as a rider included three on Agrapart – in the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury, the Relkeel and the Cleeve at Cheltenham.