Ruby Walsh: there will only ever be one Rachael Blackmore
The history she made didn't come easily - a proper winner, Rachael earned it all.
FINAL FURLONG: Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning jockey Rachael Blackmore has announced her retirement from riding. Pic: David Davies for The Jockey Club/PA Wire.
She came, she saw, she conquered, she walked away.
In 2011, Rachael Blackmore achieved what she had spent a while trying to do and rode her first winner for John Hanlon aboard Stowaway Pearl at Thurles. She had come into the racing world from a background of Pony Club and pony racing, but in the world of thoroughbred horse racing, there is only one currency: winners.
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