The Festival Preview Magazine 2020

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Rachael Blackmore gets a grilling from her riding rival, friend and housemate Patrick Mullins R ACHAEL BLACKMORE has ripped up conventional wisdom: at 9st she was too light to be a jump jockey; at the age of 26 she was too old for turning professional; her record of 11 point-to-point and seven track winners in eight years said she wasn’t good enough either; she completed school and has a college degree, which isn’t how it’s done. Too light, too old, too bad, too educated and too feminine. People thought she would be a kite flying in a hurricane. They were wrong. She is the enigma that has exploded doubt. In 2019, the champion conditional of 2016-17 rode 

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