Rachael Blackmore did not get much wrong at the Cheltenham Festival last year, riding her rivals into the ground on the way to six winners and the leading jockey title, spotting every gap, picking every moment, seizing every opportunity.
In fact, the one blunder the Irish jockey made did not come while sitting on a horse at all, but rather when choosing which one to ride in the first place; given the pick of the flying Henry de Bromhead’s runners in the Gold Cup she sided with A Plus Tard, then had the best view in the house as stablemate Minella Indo scampered away to lead home a one-two for the yard.
