RACHAEL Blackmore made history when she became the first ever female winner of the British Grand National. The Tipperary rider was in total control over the four-mile course, never once seriously troubled as horses all around struggled over the famous fences. The 31-year-old said afterwards: “I don’t feel male or female right now. I don’t […]
LEGENDARY horse trainer Willie Mullins will be honoured with a Civic Reception in Kilkenny this evening. The event will take place at the County Hall on John Street at 7.30pm. The Civic Reception comes on the back of an incredibly successful few weeks for the Goresbridge man. Last month he banished his Grand National hoodoo […]
LEGENDARY Kilkenny trainer Willie Mullins summed up his elation fairly succinctly yesterday as he finally broke his duck at the Irish Grand National in spectacular style: “It’s unbelievable.” “It was a race I always wanted to win because it was probably the first big race we won at home in Doninga,” Mullins said, referring to […]