- Rachael Blackmore is eager to get going at the Galway Races Summer Festival
- The 34-year-old jockey and Betfair ambassador has two rides on the weekend
- Her first ride will be Jasko Des Dames before seating The Folkes Tiara on Sunday
Rachael Blackmore is eager to get going at the Galway Races Summer Festival and has two rides across the weekend.
The 34-year-old jockey’s first ride will be Jasko Des Dames in the opening maiden hurdle on Saturday but seating The Folkes Tiara in the Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Chase on Sunday.
The Betfair ambassador reveals some insight into her rides at the Galway Races Summer Festival over the weekend.
Betfair ambassador Rachael Blackmore (above) has two rides at Galway on the weekend
Galway Saturday
1.55 – Jasko Des Dames
I ride Jasko Des Dames in the opening maiden hurdle at Galway on Saturday.
A winner of a bumper over a mile and a half in France, he ran well on his first run for Henry in a maiden hurdle at Navan last December, and he stepped forward from that next time when he finished second in a maiden hurdle at Punchestown in January.
He hasn’t run since he finished down the field in a very competitive handicap hurdle at the Punchestown Festival, but he has been in good form at home, and I hope that he can go well.
Her first ride will be Jasko Des Dames in the opening maiden hurdle on Saturday but seating The Folkes Tiara in the Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Chase on Sunday
Galway Sunday
3.30 – The Folkes Tiara
I’m looking forward to riding The Folkes Tiara in the Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Chase on the final day of Galway week on Sunday.
He hasn’t run since he finished down the field at the Punchestown Festival in the handicap chase that Wednesday’s Galway Plate winner Pinkerton won, but he is in good form at home and he can go well fresh.
This is a really competitive race, as you would expect, and he is a couple of pounds out of the handicap, but it is a good race for him, he is a good jumper, and I hope that he can go well.
