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Rider follows up second victory this week in Champion HurdleHenry De Bromhead saddles one-two for second year running
“Different league, different league,” Henry de Bromhead said after saddling a 1-2 in the Gold Cup for the second year running here on Friday, and while he was talking about the atmosphere with 70,000 fans back at Cheltenham, it worked just as well for his stable jockey too. Rachael Blackmore was flawless as she delivered A Plus Tard with an irresistible challenge at the final fence before powering up the hill to win by 15 lengths, in the process completing the full set of jumping’s three biggest races, in little more than a year.
Twelve months ago, Blackmore’s decision to ride A Plus Tard rather than his stable companion, Minella Indo, in the Festival’s showpiece event was the only wrong move she made all week. Minella Indo, the horse that supplied her with the first Grade One win of her career here in 2019, beat off Blackmore’s challenge by just over a length.
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