HOW BREW LED THE WAY IN 1977
CHARLOTTE BREW became the first female jockey to compete in the Grand National when she rode Barony Fort in 1977. Ever since that historic ride from Brew, the race has been on to become the first female jockey to win the world’s most famous steeplechase. Before Rachael Blackmore’s victory yesterday, the closest a female jockey had come to winning the National was in 2012, when Katie Walsh finished third on Seabass. Bryony Frost also finished fifth on Milansbar in 2018.