For the first time, a woman has won the Grand National, the most important obstacle course.
It is Rachael Blackmore, 32-year-old Irish, who has written a page in the history of sport, not just British, ticking it off on 39 other jockeys and arriving first on the Minella Times.
A surprise success, which returned eleven times the share to those who had bet on it, and which would have been greeted with thunderous applause if the usual 70,000 spectators had been around the Liverpool circuit, empty instead due to anti-Covid restrictions. .
The closest woman to this milestone so far had been another Irish Katie Walsh, third in 2012 on Seabass. "I don't feel male or female, I don't even feel human. It's all just incredible," Blackmore excitedly replied to reporters, commenting on her feat, as reported by the Independent's website. Two other colleagues today participated in the historic race, on a route of almost 7 kilometers to be tackled twice, with 30 between hedges and ditches, and a prize pool of 750 thousand pounds, over 860 thousand euros. The winner also received applause from a horse racing legend such as Lanfranco 'Frankie' Dettori, who dedicated a message to her on Twitter.