TOPSHOT – First placed Jockey Rachael Blackmore rides Minella Times to win the Grand National Handicap Chase on Grand National Day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north west England on April 10, 2021. (Photo by SCOTT HEPPELL / POOL / AFP) Grand National-winning rider Rachel Blackmore is on the road to recovery after suffering a neck injury in a fall at Downpatrick last month. The pioneering jockey injured her neck when her mount Hand Over Fist fell at the second last fence in a handicap chase at Downpatrick on September 20th. The exact details of the extent of the problem were unclear but an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board spokesman confirmed: “Following a fall at Downpatrick […]