Such is her work ethic, Rachael Blackmore didn’t think of letting the hair down until 48 hours until after her history-making Gold Cup win. She went straight from the Cheltenham festival to a race meeting at Thurles on Saturday, and it was only on Sunday night that she got to meet up with friends in Kilkenny.
“That’s why I’m sounding a bit groggy this morning,” she told reporters gathered at trainer Henry de Bromhead’s training yard in Knockeen, just outside Waterford city, on Monday.
“These are massive, massive moments in my life and it’s probably something that will really sink when you’re finished, but I can still feel the impact of it. It’s not passing me by.”
The Tipperary rider became the first woman to win the sport’s most pr …
- March 22, 2022
