The most successful ever female jockey in
Britain or
Ireland is one floor above the glass ceiling and still climbing with two more Grade Ones added to her impressive tally over ChristmasRachael Blackmore brought a breakthrough year at jumping’s highest level to a fitting conclusion at Leopardstown’s
Christmas meeting in recent days, adding two more Grade One victories to a list that started only in March, with the 50-1 success of Minella Indo at the Cheltenham Festival.
Blackmore now has half a dozen Grade One wins to her name – the same haul for the year as Paul Townend and Davy Russell, the only riders in front of her in the
Irish title race – and is, beyond any argument, the most successful female jockey, on the Flat or over jumps, that either Britain or Ireland has seen.