‘Nothing is ever done’: The new Queen of Cheltenham has no plans to stand still

Rachael Blackmore rewrote the history books at the Cheltenham Festival, but in the most unforgiving of sports she knows her work is nowhere near finished

Rachael Blackmore celebrates after riding Telmesomethinggirl to victory (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

After a week rewriting the history books, Rachael Blackmore could be forgiven for wanting to sit back and take it all in. But the new Queen of Cheltenham has no plans to stand still.

Six winners over the Festival’s four days saw her become the first woman to ever win the top jockey crown at jump racing’s showpiece meeting.

If Cheltenham needed good headlines for the health of the sport, coming as it did off of the back of the Gordon Elliott saga, then Blackmore’s remarkable record did just that, and some, as she ended the Festival proudly holding the Ruby Walsh Trophy aloft.