Upping The Ante: Blackmore’s blitz electrifies the jump jockey title race
Still only 29, Rachael Blackmore has stormed to the summit of the leaderboard with a string of terrific wins in recent weeks
It is somewhat reassuring that half of the staff involved in what is one of the most dangerous sports in the world are women.
Where would racing be without them? When Gordon Elliott has a winner, it is a bigger certainty that a female member of staff will catch the horse after the line to lead him back into the winners’ enclosure. The relationship that develops between these women and the horses is ...
