What are the horses that Rachael Blackmore is riding at Cheltenham Festival 2023?
RACHAEL BLACKMORE will be hoping her 2023 Cheltenham Festival is as triumphant as last year’s.
In 2022, Blackmore became the first ever female jockey to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
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She rode A Plus Tard to Gold Cup victory at the 2022 Cheltenham Festival.
A Plus Tard is trained by Irish horse National Hunt trainer Henry de Bromhead.
Last year’s winner is set to feature in the Gold Cup again at Cheltenham this year, and Rachael Blackmore is going to attempt back-to-back wins on A Plus Tard.
What are the horses that Rachael Blackmore is riding at Cheltenham Festival 2023?
The Irish jockey is set to ride a number of horses during the four-day horse racing festival.
Here are all the horses Rachael Blackmore is confirmed to be riding so far at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival:
- Inthepocket finished 4th in the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.
- Honeysuckle finished 1st in the Mares Hurdle.
- Bad finished 13th in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle.
- Amirite in the Brown Advisory Novices Chace – Wednesday, March 15 at 2:10pm UK time.
- Watch House Cross in the Coral Cup – Wednesday, March 15 at 2:50pm UK time.
- Captain Guinness in the Queen Mother Champion Chase – Wednesday, March 15 at 3:30pm UK time.
- Gin On Lime in the Cross Country Chase- Wednesday, March 15 at 4:10pm UK time.
- Epson Du Houx in the Grand Annual Handicap Chase – Wednesday, March 15 at 4:50pm UK time.
- Western Diego in the Champion Bumper – Wednesday, March 15 at 5:30pm UK time.
- Envoi Allen in the Ryanair Chase – Thursday, March 16 at 2:50pm UK time.
- Marvel De Cerisy in the Magners Plat Handicap Chase – Thursday, March 16 at 4:10pm UK time.
- Foxy Girl in the Jack De Bromhead Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle – Thursday, March 16 at 4:50pm UK time.
- Ascending in the JCB Triumph Hurdle – Friday, March 17 at 1:30pm UK time.
- Ballyadam in the McCoy Contractors County Handicap Hurdle – Friday, March 17 at 2:10pm UK time.
- Hiddenvalley Lake in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle – Friday, March 17 at 2:50pm UK time.
- A Plus Tard in the Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase – Friday, March 17 at 3:30pm UK time.
- Magic Daze in the Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase – Friday, March 17 at 4:50pm UK time.
Cheltenham day-by-day schedule
Wednesday March 15
1.30: Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle ITV4
2.10: Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase ITV1
2.50: Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle ITV1
3.30: Queen Mother Champion Chase ITV1
4.10: Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase ITV1
4.50: The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Steeple Chase Challenge Cup Racing TV/ bookies’ stream
5.30: The Weatherbys Champion Bumper Racing TV/ bookies’ stream
Thursday March 16
1.30: Turners Novices’ Chase ITV1
2.10: Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle ITV1
2.50: Ryanair Chase ITV1
3.30: Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle ITV1
4.10: Plate Handicap Chase ITV1
4.50: The Mares Novices’ Hurdle Racing TV/ bookies’ stream
5.30: Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Racing TV/ bookies’ stream
Friday March 17
1.30: JCB Triumph Hurdle ITV1
2.10: McCoy Contractors County Handicap Hurdle ITV1
2.50: Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle ITV1
3.30: Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase ITV1
4.10: St. James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ Chase ITV1
4.50: The Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Steeple Chase Racing TV/ bookies’ stream
5.30: Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle Racing TV/ bookies’ stream