- Betfair has launched an initiative – the ‘Rachael Blackmore – Serial Winners Fund’
- Blackmore hopes promising Journey With Me can run a big race on Saturday
One winner last week for Rachael and the ‘Serial Winners Fund’ now stands at £180,000.
‘’Betfair launched its one-of-a-kind charity initiative, the ‘Rachael Blackmore – Serial Winners Fund’, to benefit both the ‘Injured Jockey Fund’ and the ‘Irish Injured Jockeys’ on Betfair Chase Day last November.
They kicked-off the fund with an initial £100,000 donation and add a further £5,000 every time Rachael Blackmore rides a winner.
The fund currently stands at £175,000 and is expected to reach £250,000 by Grand National Day, Saturday 13th April, when the fund will draw to a close.
Here, Blackmore provides the inside track on her two rides at Navan this weekend
Rachael Blackmore’s two rides have a good chance of adding to her Serial Winner Charity Fund
Navan (Saturday)
2.40 – Upping The Anti
I ride Upping The Anti in the two-and-a-half-mile handicap hurdle at Navan on Saturday. He is better known as a chaser, but he ran very encouragingly last time in a handicap hurdle at Naas to finish a close fourth.
That was his first run over hurdles since December 2021, and he did well. Sometimes it can take horses a run or two back over hurdles for them to get their eye back in again. He is rated much lower over hurdles than he is over fences, and we’re very much looking forward to seeing how he goes here.
4.23 – Journey With Me
I’m looking forward to riding Journey With Me too in the Webster Cup. He hasn’t run since Punchestown last year when he fell in the three-mile champion novice chase, so we are looking forward to getting him going again now.
He has had one or two little problems, but he seems really good now. He is a talented horse and he’s schooling very well. I’m sure he will progress from whatever he does here on his seasonal debut, but it will be great to see him back, and we hope that he can run a big race.