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Tipp's Blackmore back in the saddle this weekend

Tipp's Blackmore back in the saddle this weekend

Grand National-winning jockey Rachael Blackmore is set to return to the saddle at Galway on Saturday.

The Tipperary rider has been out of action since July because of injury.

She'll saddle Henry de Bromhead's Balko Des Flos in the WB Gavin & Co Handicap Hurdle.

Blackmore has been in stunning form in the last year, becoming the first female jockey to win the Champion Hurdle, as well as winning leading jockey at Cheltenham.

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Add to that the Grand National win on Minello Times, her return couldn't have come at a better time for Waterford trainer De Bromhead.

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