Rachael Blackmore is a professional jockey player from Ireland who currently competes in the National Hunt Racing. She won the Grand National in 2021 making her the first-ever female jockey player to do so. BBC Sports named her the BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year in 2021.
The Irish Jockey player was also named RTE Sports Person of the Year in 20201. At the 2021 Cheltenham Festival, she got six victories making her the first woman to be a leading jockey player. She is also the winner of Arkle Novice Chase in 2020 and Halton's Grace Hurdle in 2019, 2020, and 2021. He is also a 2 times winner of the Irish Champion Hurdle.
Rachael Blackmore was born on July 11, 1989, under the star sign Cancer in Killenaule, County Tipperary, Ireland. Her father's name is Charles Blackmore who was a farmer by profession. Her mother was Elmir Blackmore who was a professional teacher.
Rachael was interested in very sports and was involved in hunting, pony club meetings and pony racing. Her parents were very supportive of her interest.
The 2021 Champions Hurdle winner attended the University of Limerick where she graduated in equine science There she used to compete as an amateur jockey. She even won her first amateur jockey tournament in 2011.
It was in March of 2015 when she turned professional jockey player.
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The 2021 BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year is 5 feet 4 inches by height and weighs around 55 kg approximately.
She is Irish by nationality and comes from a White ethnic background.
According to the sources, Rachael Blackmore has an estimated net worth of $1 million approximately. Her primary source of income is from her profession as a jockey racer.
She earns by participating in different tournaments and bonuses and prizes money that comes along with it.
According to the daily mail, she won the Champion Hurdle in 2021 and was able to bag the whopping amount of 180,000 pounds as prize money. It is not the tournament she has won till now. There are various tournaments she has won and must be earning a pretty good amount of money.
She is also the performance ambassador of Audi Naas.
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As per sources, it is confirmed that the 2020 Irish Champions Hurdle winner Rachael Blackmoore is in a committed relationship with her boyfriend Brian Hayes.
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Information about the couple and when they started dating is still unknown but it is sure that they have been dating for more than one year.
The pair live together in County Carlow and often train together. She also said,
"I live with two other jockeys, Patrick Mullins and Brian Hayes. U am going out with Brian, so there are three of us here."
Brian Hayes is also a professional jockey racer. He is also the winner of Garncore Girl in 2008.
The couple has not been married yet and has not opened about their future plan on the media.
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