‘Keep your dreams big’
Apr 15, 2021
4 minutes
By MARCUS ARMYTAGE
Edited by Jennifer Donald
Randox Grand National Festival, Aintree Racecourse, Merseyside
GLASS ceilings have become just about the most dangerous cliché to stand under in racing in the past 12 months due to the smashing tendencies of Hollie Doyle and Bryony Frost.
But on Saturday, on the back of a superb Cheltenham, Rachael Blackmore put the job of repair beyond any mortal glazier when she rode Minella Times to victory in the Randox Grand National, and into sporting history which goes way deeper than racing.
Female jockeys have been nibbling away at the National for some time – Rosemary Henderson fifth), Nina Carberry (seventh),
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