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partnership with WellChild at this year’s Festival™. For the rst time this year, The Jockey Club will be
Welcome to The Jockey ClubWest Region’s Kalendar magazine. This is always an exciting time of year as it marks the beginning of another exhilarating season of Jump racing, and we hope you enjoy this year’s magazine as we re ect on our favourite moments from last year and look ahead to the great racing coming ourway.
organising Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, and within this year’s Kalendar magazine we o er an insight into what the four-day event has in store, as well as the fantastic eventing
roll of honour it has. Including newly crowned team Olympic Champions, Laura Collett and London52. We hope to see many of you with us at this fantastic venue. Finally, I would like to pass on my thanks to you all. Your continued support and patience as we navigated through the past 18 months has been remarkable and for that, we are extremely grateful. We very much look forward to being able to open our gates to you all for this season. It has not been the same without you, and we cannot wait for this season at our racecourses to be bigger and better than ever. Take care, and best wishes.
Last season was not the year we were hoping for with the majority of it needing to take place behind closed doors, however we were treated to historic, record-breaking moments. This year’s Kalendar looks at how Rachael Blackmore found her way to becoming the rst female to win the Randox Grand National in its 182nd running. We re ect on the incredible career of Champion Jockey Richard Johnson who hung up his boots for the nal time in April 2021, and discover what it meant to Harry Skelton to nally claim his rst Champion Jockey title. Plus, we shine a light on our local communities and the work we love to do with our local people, including Park Palace Ponies at Aintree Racecourse, and our more recent
Ian Renton Regional Managing Director, The Jockey Club
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