Rachael Blackmore celebrates winning the Grand National riding Minella Times during the Grand National Festival Horse Racing event at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, Britain, on April 10, 2021. Scott Heppell/Pool via Reuters
Minella Times, who Rachael Blackmore rode to a ground-breaking Grand National win, was retired on Tuesday, with the Irish jockey saying the 10-year-old is a “special horse”.
Blackmore in 2021 became the first female jockey to win the famous jumps race.