Rachael Blackmore will try to make it fifth time lucky in Easter Monday’s Boylesports Irish Grand National when she teams up with Full Time Score in Ireland’s richest jumps race.
The sole Henry De Bromhead-trained runner is one of 30 hopefuls that were declared on Good Friday for the €500,000 Fairyhouse highlight.
Up to 14,000 people are expected to attend the traditional Easter feature which was abandoned due to the pandemic in 2020 and was run behind closed doors last year.
The best Blackmore has done in four previous attempts in the race was when third on Abolitionist to Our Duke in 2017.
De Bromhead too has never won the historic race which celebrates its 150th renewal on Monday.
Blackmore and De Bromhead continued their remarkable run of recent success at last month’s Cheltenham festival when combinin …
- April 16, 2022
