Superstar jockey Rachael Blackmore is aiming for more success at Cheltenham as the Festival takes place once more this week. Born in County Tipperary, Blackmore rode her first winner as an amateur in 2011 and swiftly progressed into one of her homeland's premier riders, becoming a trailblazer for the sport. Her partnership with trainer Henry de Bromhead led to Blackmore being installed as stable jockey, and success soon followed. An iconic partnership with mare Honeysuckle saw her claim the Champion Hurdle in 2021 - the same year she broke new ground when she became the first female rider to win the Grand National aboard Minella Times, as well as the first claim the title of leading Festival jockey. Blackmore's ceiling-breaking continued into 2022 when she repeated in the Cotswolds with Honeysuckle and became the first female rider to claim the Cheltenham Gold Cup with A Plus Tard. Mirror Racing looks at the life led by the celebrated Blackmore behind the scenes, including her Festival successes, net worth, career earnings, and her relationship with fellow jockey Brian Hayes. What is Rachael Blackmore's net worth? Though the Gold Cup-winning Blackmore's net worth is unknown, throughout her glistening career, she's racked up approximately £9million in prize money at the Festival and beyond, according to At The Races. As per the PJA, jockeys receive around ten per cent of the win prize. A large chunk of these winnings have been earned in her native Ireland – £6m to be precise – where she won a trio of Irish Champion Hurdles from 2021 to 2023 on the aforementioned heroine Honeysuckle. Blackmore rode A Plus Tard to £350,000 in prize money when taking Friday's blue riband in 2022, and her latest haul came just 12 months ago when Captain Guinness achieved Champion Chase glory, taking home £225k in the process. What has Rachael Blackmore won at Cheltenham Festival? The 35-year-old has ridden a whopping 16 Festival winners whilst claiming three of the four feature races - the Stayers' Hurdle being the only one that has so far eluded her. Six of these successes came in 2021, which saw her named the meeting's leading jockey. Her first taste of Grade 1 victory in the Cotswolds came in 2019 when Minella Indo won the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle. Aside from those mounts already touched upon, Blackmore won the Champion Bumper in 2021 with Sir Gerhard, while also riding Quilixios to the Triumph Hurdle, Allaho to the Ryanair Chase, Bob Olinger to the Baring Bingham, and Telmesomethinggirl to the Mares' Novices Hurdle that year. Twelve months ago, she won the Supreme Novices' Hurdle for the first time aboard Slade Steel. It is often the biggest stages that get the best of Blackmore, and she has reiterated that pressure, for her, often does make diamonds. "It's just been a very lucky place for me," said Betfair ambassador Blackmore when asked about the Festival. "I've got to ride some very good horses there, and you know Henry de Bromhead, his horses seem to go there and run fantastic races, and you're just very lucky when you get to be on their back. "I think riding, every jockey wants to ride on the big stage, in the big races, on the big days, and Cheltenham is our, it's been said before, it's our Olympics, and that's where every jockey starting off wants to get to, so I'm very lucky that I get to ride horses in Cheltenham and I feel like I'm in a very lucky position to get to do that. "Pressure is part of it, but you want to be under pressure because you know if you're under pressure, it means your horse has a very good chance, and they're the horses you want to be riding, so it is pressure, but you know you just have to deal with it and almost be grateful for it." Who is Rachael Blackmore dating? Blackmore and fellow jockey Hayes have been an item for years, often having to put their home life aside when the tapes go up. The County Cork-born star rode his first festival winner in 2023 when lifting Impervious to the Mares' Chase. Hayes, while having picked up plenty of rides for Emmet Mullins over the years, is now one of many who often finds himself on the back of reigning British champion trainer Willie Mullins' animals. At this year's festival, Hayes is jocked up in the Michael O'Sullivan Supreme Novices' Hurdle to ride Closutton outsider Funiculi Funicula. Blackmore, on the other hand, will be aboard one of the market leaders; De Bromhead's seven-year-old Workahead. The couple will face off again later in the day when Hayes jumps on another horse saddled by Mullins: six-year-old mare Gala Marceau, in the Mares' Hurdle, in which Blackmore rides July Flower. While on the track, any affection is put aside, the pair do share the same lodgings when they travel to Gloucestershire together: "We [Blackmore, Hayes, and fellow jockey Patrick Mullins] stay together in Cheltenham every year," said Blackmore. "We get a house. We usually go, and come over on Sunday night. So we're there on Monday to ride out, and that's a lovely day because you can kind of get settled in and walk the track - get your racing bag down to the weigh room and just get ready for the week ahead. We have a house very close so it's very convenient." To hear more from Betfair Ambassadors Paul Nicholls and Rachael Blackmore watch them on Betfair's Racing… Only Bettor podcast Cheltenham preview special now here.