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Great day for Rebecca and us Irish. History made. UK racing seems to be in poor health but it is probably cyclical so hopefully you will be back and the Ireland/UK battle can resume

Wigan White wrote:I'm very happy to say that I backed Minella Times as well as Discorama.

Been a pretty good day so far.

Well done WW

gilesdriveby wrote:Great day for Rebecca and us Irish. History made. UK racing seems to be in poor health but it is probably cyclical so hopefully you will be back and the Ireland/UK battle can resume

Certainly has been a fantastic last few weeks for you Irish boys, they seem to be on another level at the moment and a real superstar in Rachael Blackmore, all good healthy competition.

The star of the week-end is Rachael Blackmore. There is no way I could ride a horse around Aintree - scare me to death. Without doubt, BBC Sports personality of the year.

johnh wrote:The star of the week-end is Rachael Blackmore. There is no way I could ride a horse around Aintree - scare me to death. Without doubt, BBC Sports personality of the year.

As far as I know, BBC SPOTY, the recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom.

That rules Rachel out... Born, resides and runs most of her races in Ireland.

kk_white wrote:

johnh wrote:The star of the week-end is Rachael Blackmore. There is no way I could ride a horse around Aintree - scare me to death. Without doubt, BBC Sports personality of the year.

As far as I know, BBC SPOTY, the recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom.

That rules Rachel out... Born, resides and runs most of her races in Ireland.

Correct.

Barlow Boy wrote:

kk_white wrote:

johnh wrote:The star of the week-end is Rachael Blackmore. There is no way I could ride a horse around Aintree - scare me to death. Without doubt, BBC Sports personality of the year.

As far as I know, BBC SPOTY, the recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom.

That rules Rachel out... Born, resides and runs most of her races in Ireland.

Correct.

Overseas sports personality?

Wigan White wrote:

Barlow Boy wrote:

kk_white wrote:

johnh wrote:The star of the week-end is Rachael Blackmore. There is no way I could ride a horse around Aintree - scare me to death. Without doubt, BBC Sports personality of the year.

As far as I know, BBC SPOTY, the recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom.

That rules Rachel out... Born, resides and runs most of her races in Ireland.

Correct.

Overseas sports personality?

Perfect. We'll send her over for that one

All joking aside though, what an amazing few weeks she's had. First female jockey to win the Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham top jockey & Grand National. Wow.

kk_white wrote:All joking aside though, what an amazing few weeks she's had. First female jockey to win the Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham top jockey & Grand National. Wow.

She has, but Henry De Bromhead is the real star, without him, none of it happens.