Rachael Blackmore will miss Cheltenham’s two-day Showcase meeting this weekend – the home of jump racing’s first meeting of the season – after a schooling fall.
The 33-year-old jockey, who secured the Champion Hurdle and Cheltenham Gold Cup double aboard Honeysuckle and A Plus Tard last March, was due to ride Champagne Gold for boss Henry de Bromhead in the 888Sport Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase and the Norman Lee-trained She Is Electric in the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle on Friday.
But Blackmore, who was also booked for two mounts at Cheltenham on Saturday, was stood down at Thurles on Thursday – de Bromhead’s Secret She Keeps and Still Ciel scored at the Co Tipperary track – and is expected to be out of action until next week.
