Long before women were permitted to become trainers, provided they had enough money, they were able to indulge their passion for the turf in ownership. Indeed, since the early years of the 20th century some of the most colourful and famous ladies of the turf have been involved with famous winners of the Grand National. […]
Female Grand National Jockeys: Riding in the Aintree Grand National is daunting for any jockey but until relatively recently, the race’s fences were barely the most formidable obstacles to be encountered by female jockeys wishing to compete in the race. First the law: women were actually prohibited from taking part until the Sex Discrimination Act
The Grand National-winning trainer of 2009 might well have already equalled Jenny Pitman’s record of two wins had she not had the desperate luck to lose Nil Desperandum in the 2007 Midlands Grand National a month previously when he was trading at a low price in the ante-post market for the big race. The talented
Lucinda Russell became only the second Scottish-based trainer to win the Grand National as One For Arthur stormed to an impressive victory at Aintree on 8th April 2017, 38 years after the success of Rubstic in 1979. Scotland’s leading trainer, who has sent out over 600 winners from her family’s Arlary House Stables near Milnafort
Somerset-based Jenny Hembrow, already a point-to-point champion, secured a ride in two Grand Nationals – the first in 1979 and the second a year later. She recalls: “I was the second lady to ride in the Grand National. I was one of the first to race-ride at all because we weren’t allowed to ride until
The Grand National may seem a very macho race, and it’s certainly the most demanding of horse and rider in the entire calendar, but there is something about the drama and high emotion of Aintree which seems to draw the ladies. Indeed, for many years the course was run by one such: the remarkable Mirabel
On Saturday 10th April 2021 Rachael Blackmore rewrote the history books yet again to become the first female jockey to win the Randox Grand National as she and Minella Times gave owner JP McManus a second win in the iconic race. Minella Times had been backed into 11/1 for the world’s greatest steeplechase after Blackmore
The greatest steeplechase of them all, the Grand National is held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool. It is the race the world stops to watch. Each year more than 500 million people in more than 140 countries tune in to watch 40 competitors take on Aintree’s unique and world famous fences. For many, it
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Nina Carberry rode her first winner over the Grand National fences – following two previous placed finishes – in the Crabbie’s Fox Hunters’ Chase on Wednesday 9th April 2015. Allison GrahamAllison is the Publisher of Eclipse Magazine. She loves going to the Races and is
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Chanelle McCoy, the ‘first lady’ of horse racing, married to champion jockey AP McCoy, will be taking on Channel 4 Racing presenter Emma Spencer in a celebrity cocktail-making challenge the night before the John Smith’s Grand National festival begins in Liverpool (11th April). Allison GrahamAllison is the Publisher of Eclipse Magazine. She loves going to
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