A Plus Tard will be ridden by RACHAEL BLACKMORE in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
The Irish jockey won the Gold Cup on A Plus Tard last year and will be hoping to win it again this year.
In 2022, Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the Gold Cup.
This year, A Plus Tard will be up against Galopin Des Champs for the trophy.
Who is Rachael Blackmore’s boyfriend Brian Hayes?
The record-breaking female jockey is dating fellow rider Brian Hayes.
He was born in Rosscarberry, County Cork, in July 1988 and raised there.
Blackmore and Hayes have been dating for several years.
Patrick Mullins revealed the two were dating in an interview with the Guardian in 2020.
He said: “When I moved in with her and her boyfriend, Brian Hayes, myself and Brian would have been going racing most days.
“Rachael wasn’t. She used to do a lot of baking on those days – which was like her way of punching the wall.”
Hayes had ridden a number of horses at the Cheltenham Festival this year.
So far, he has ridden Adamantly Chosen, Dads Lad, Chapeau De Soleil, and Cinsa, all of whom are trained by Willie Mullins.
He will ride Impervious in the 4:50 Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival.
