Gina Andrews became the latest female rider to land victory over Grand National fences when she partnered Latenightpass (7-2) to glory in the Randox Foxhunters' Open Hunters' Chase at Aintree Racecourse.
Rachael Blackmore became the first to win the world's greatest steeplechase on Minella Times 12 months ago. But Andrews, a record-breaking point-to-point rider, was the fourth woman to triumph in the Foxhunters following Carrie Ford (Forest Gunner 2005), Nina Carberry (On The Fringe 2015) and Tabitha Worsley (Top Wood 2019).
Andrews had the nine-year-old – who had been second to Cousin Pascal in this race 12 months ago – near the heads of affairs almost thoughout. She tracked Cousin Pascal – a shock 66-1 winner of this at last year's Grand National meeting – with Cat Tiger, who has been third in 2021, also front rank.
