The Grand National winning jockey has been on the sidelines since a nasty fall at Downpatrick in September
Jockey Rachael Blackmore has not been riding since picking up a neck injury in the middle of September but her boyfriend and fellow jockey Brian Hayes gave an update on her progress on Tuesday.
READ MORE:Galopin Des Champs still the horse to beat in Cheltenham Gold Cup despite John Durkan defeatThe Grand National winning rider and groundbreaking jockey had been enjoying a very good start to the National Hunt season with 23 winners but has since missed a number of major successes for her retained role at Henry De Bromhead’s stable.
He’s ridden another 12 winners since then but Blackmore will be hoping now to be back for Christmas and the King George meeting at Kempton where Envoi Allen is next likely to run. The jockey had travelled over to the north-east of England to take the ride on the six-year-old, who had finished second on the Flat at Chester earlier this year.
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