Horse racing-Historic Grand National winner Minella Times retired
Minella Times, who Rachael Blackmore rode to a ground-breaking Grand National win, was retired on Tuesday, with the Irish jockey saying the 10-year-old is a"special horse".Minella Times, trained by Henry De Bromhead, was being trained to run at the Grand National at Aintree in April, but he picked up an injury on Monday.
"He's such a special horse for me. He gave me the best day in racing I've had, there's a lot of hot competition for that but it was such an incredible day," Blackmore told British media.Blackmore was reunited with Minella Times for the Grand National in 2022, but failed to finish.
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