One of the best to ever do it. Jockey Rachel Blackmore has announced her retirement from horse racing at the age of 35. In 2021, the Tipperary native was the first female to win the Grand National and the first female to be named leading jockey at the Cheltenham Festival, where she had six victories, […]

11 months ago

The Grand National returns on Saturday and you can follow all the action here in the build up. The Randox Grand National Festival gets underway on Thursday with the showpiece race scheduled for 4pm on Saturday. We will have all the latest news from across all three days of the festival.

1 year ago

The biggest race of the year takes place this weekend. Jockeys & Jackpots, in association with BoyleSports, returns for episode six. And, fittingly, we are going big with the final episode of the season, as we look ahead to the Aintree Grand National, which takes place on Saturday, April 5. Going for gold Dave Orton […]

1 year ago

High fives all round It’s out of its box, it has been groomed, saddled and is ready to go, it’s the penultimate episode of our video podcast Jockeys & Jackpots – in association with BoyleSports. As always, Dave Orton is back as our host, expertly guiding the conversation like a prime Ruby Walsh aboard Kauto […]

1 year ago

By Niall McIntyre The Aintree Grand National was interrupted and subsequently delayed by animal rights protestors on Saturday. Due to go off at 5.15pm, the white flag wasn’t raised until 5.35pm as a small number of protestors slipped through the defence drills arranged by the Liverpool police. The police had been warned, and did plan […]

3 years ago

Two horses died following the Grand National The deaths of two horses following this year’s Grand National have led to fresh calls for the famous race to come to an end. A total of 40 horses began the Grand National at the Aintree festival on Saturday, with 50-1 outsider Noble Yeats, ridden by jockey Sam […]

4 years ago