{"id":3105,"date":"2022-03-18T23:38:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T23:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/3105\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T23:38:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T23:38:10","slug":"blackmore-savours-impossible-dream-of-cheltenham-gold-cup-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/3105\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackmore savours &#039;impossible dream&#039; of Cheltenham Gold Cup triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p  ><span data-react>Trailblazing jockey Rachael Blackmore said she had fulfilled an &#8220;impossible dream&#8221; by becoming the first female cyclist to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-react>\n<p ><span data-react>The 32-year-old Irish cyclist, who won the Grand National last year, added to a series of historic victories with <\/span><span data-react>victory over 3-1 favorite A Plus Tard.<\/span><\/p>\n<div >\n<div  >\n<div ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;You can never dream too big because this is something I never thought would be possible,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>A Plus Tard won by 15 lengths from 2021 winner and stablemate Minella Indo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>It was a reversal of the result in last year&#8217;s big race, with Bromhead manager Henry taking it 1-2 again.  Protektorat was third for Dan Skelton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;Rachael is a great person. She has great skill and is just a wild rider and a great horsewoman,&#8221; De Bromhead said.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-react>\n<li ><span data-react>Listen: All about&#8230; Blackmore&#8217;s historic Gold Cup win<\/span><\/li>\n<li ><span data-react>Relive all the drama from Gold Cup day<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 >A year in the life of Rachael Blackmore<\/h3>\n<ul data-react>\n<li ><strong data-react>March 2021:<\/strong><span data-react>    First female jockey to win Champion Hurdle, at Honesyuckle;  first to be <\/span><span data-react>best cyclist at the Cheltenham Festival<\/span><\/li>\n<li ><strong data-react>April 2021:<\/strong><span data-react>    First woman to ride <\/span><span data-react>grand national<\/span><span data-react>    winner, at Minella Times in Aintree<\/span><\/li>\n<li ><strong data-react>December 2021:<\/strong><span data-react>    voted bbc <\/span><span data-react>world sports star<\/span><span data-react>    of the year<\/span><\/li>\n<li ><strong data-react>March 2022:<\/strong><span data-react>    First female cyclist to land <\/span><span data-react>cheltenham Gold Cup,<\/span><span data-react>    in A Plus Tard<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 >Blackmore &#8216;feeling like a rock star&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p ><span data-react>Victory showcased Blackmore&#8217;s skills in the saddle, showing patience when sitting behind a group of horses and using her mount&#8217;s rhythm to perfection, jumping forward on the last one and clearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>It was the longest winning distance since Master Oats in 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>The Festival&#8217;s all-time leading female rider Ruby Walsh said Blackmore was an inspiration to young female riders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;She&#8217;s the kind of role model the sport needs,&#8221; Walsh said.  &#8220;She is the box office.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>Blackmore had followed up last year&#8217;s historic Champion Hurdle win at Honeysuckle with a <\/span><span data-react>Second success on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>While last year&#8217;s reunion was held behind closed doors due to COVID-19, this year it was greeted with raucous cheers from a crowd of 70,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;Getting that roar back and walking again when you can&#8217;t see space, and you can only see bodies, it&#8217;s just amazing,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;It&#8217;s the closest thing to feeling like a rock star that you&#8217;ll ever feel without being able to sing. It&#8217;s just amazing to have people back and I feel very, very lucky.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>The strides Blackmore and other women have made are illustrated by the fact that in 2017 Lizzy Kelly was the first female cyclist in 33 years to compete in the Gold Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;When I got my licence, I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be racing at Cheltenham, let alone as a Gold Cup favourite,&#8221; said Blackmore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;I&#8217;m so lucky to have the opportunity to ride a horse in these kinds of races. This is the Gold Cup, you know what I mean?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-react>\n<li ><span data-react>April 2021: Blackmore: the modest pioneer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p ><span data-react>Blackmore, the daughter of a dairy farmer and a schoolteacher, rode ponies as a child near her home in Killenaule, County Tipperary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>She had once hoped to become a veterinarian, earn a degree in equine science and combine her studies with riding and racing as an amateur before turning professional when she was 20 in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>De Bromhead said the jockey was &#8220;extremely professional&#8221; and worked very hard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;If a mistake is made, she learns from it and corrects it right away and is a joy to work with. Everyone loves her on the yard and she just does things you don&#8217;t see everyone do,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;She&#8217;s not hard on the horses if she feels like they&#8217;re beaten and she&#8217;s always thinking about the next day and makes them want to race for her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;The other day I was teaching &#8216;Honey&#8217; about obstacles in the field, she jumped brilliantly and before she even stopped she was giving her big pats on the neck. She&#8217;s a real horsewoman.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 >Analysis: &#8216;another great moment for women in sport&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p ><em data-react>Former jockey Katie Walsh on BBC Radio 5 Live<\/em><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>It was absolutely brilliant.  It was fantastic: she gave him an absolute peach of the trip.  That&#8217;s what makes it sweeter.  When the gap opened around the home curve, it was all over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>Rachael is just phenomenal.  She is as cool as cucumber.  It&#8217;s just the decisions that she makes, she&#8217;s very tactically aware.  It was an absolute delight to watch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>&#8220;It&#8217;s another great moment for women in racing, sports and business. She is an absolute star.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 >&#8216;Green sweep&#8217; for Ireland <\/h3>\n<p ><span data-react>More history was created at Cheltenham on Friday, with all seven races won by Irish-trained runners in the so-called &#8220;green sweep&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>Five of them went to Willie Mullins, who finished the meeting as top trainer for the ninth time with a record 10 wins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>His stable jockey, Paul Townend, was the leading jockey of the meeting and Ireland retained the Prestbury Cup with an 18-10 win over Great Britain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><span data-react>There was bad news on the final day with Ginto, trained by Gordon Elliott, dropped after sustaining an injury in the Albert Bartlett Novices&#8217; Hurdle.  He was the fourth equine fatality of the encounter.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-react>\n<li ><span data-react>Become Batman: <\/span><span data-react>Robert Pattinson Reveals All About Taking On The Role Of The Caped Crusader<\/span><\/li>\n<li ><span data-react>MOTDx: <\/span><span data-react>Philippe Coutinho and Dublin&#8217;s fan-owned Bohemian FC appear in this week&#8217;s episode<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/horse-racing\/60799875?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trailblazing jockey Rachael Blackmore said she had fulfilled an &#8220;impossible dream&#8221; by becoming the first female cyclist to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup. 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