Before her great power victory, Blackmore had become the first female jockey to win the championship hurdle of honeysuckle that same year.

In 2022, she won first place in the first place when turning to A Plus Tard to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, one of 18 festival champions she will ride in the Prestbury Park course.

“I felt so lucky to be able to catch the horses I own and have experienced success that I never dreamed of,” she added.

“With the right person at the right time and ride the right horses at the right time – because without them, how good you are.

“They gave me the best days of my life and for them, I’m most grateful.”

Blackmore is the daughter of a dairy farmer and a school teacher who rode a pony near her home in Killenaule, County Tipperary, as a child.

Blackmore once hoped to become a veterinarian, earn a degree in horse science, and combine her research with horse riding.

She hired her first amateur champion in February 2011 at Thurles before turning into a professional in 2015, but it was her success at Minella Times that earned her place in history.

"I don't feel male or female - I don't even feel human!" Blackmore said, after Aintree won six-thirty four years ago.

Blackmore won the victory last Saturday at Cork, the 575th title of her 4,566 season professional jockey career.

Ireland Doysach Micheal Martin led the tribute and called Blackmore a "generation athlete" who "walked a trail for others".

Barry Geraghty said his great-country winner jockey was "the super-high rider" and he was "one of the most loyal jockeys you have ever had."

"We can only think we've been lucky enough to witness her accomplishments throughout her life. She not only broke the glass ceiling -- she painted the whole damn sky," said former jockey and racing TV expert Jane Mangan.

Blackmore's career is incredible, said Frank Berry, racing manager for JP McManus, who owns big country champion Minella Times.

"She did everything that everyone wanted to do. Rachael won all the big games and she retired. I'm happy for her."

Irish trainer John 'Shark' Hanlon offered Blackmore her first champion Stowaway Peal in 2011, saying Blackmore was a "amazing woman".

"I'm glad she's out on her own terms. She won't leave the car because she loves horses like we do."