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Rachael Blackmore won the Grand National in 2021 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Horse racing\u00a0legend\u00a0Rachael Blackmore is backing Henry de Bromhead to produce his second Grand National winner in Saturday\u2019s marquee race.<\/p>\n

Blackmore wrote her name into the Aintree festival record books five years ago, becoming the first female Grand National winner aboard the De Bromhead-trained Minella Times.<\/p>\n

That victory was also De Bromhead\u2019s first triumph in the iconic National Hunt\u00a0race, but Blackmore believes the Irish trainer could well double that tally at the weekend with 16\/1 hopeful Monty\u2019s Star.<\/p>\n

The nine-year-old gelding showed promise in the Irish Gold Cup earlier this year, and Blackmore believes he has all the components to thrive in amongst the chaos of a 34-horse Grand National race.<\/p>\n

\u2018Henry has an incredible record bringing his horses to Cheltenham and Aintree, and the year I won it, he had the 1-2 in the race,\u2019 Blackmore, a Betfair <\/em>ambassador, told Metro.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018I was third on it two years ago on Minella Indo. So he\u2019s a great record in the race, and I think Monty\u2019s Star has a nice profile coming into it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I think he\u2019ll enjoy the ground over there. He\u2019s a fantastic jumper, and I think he could run a big race.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rachael Blackmore with Monty\u2019s Star last year (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Henry doesn\u2019t bring anything over if he doesn\u2019t think they have a big chance, and this horse has grade one form. <\/p>\n

\u2018He was second to Fact To File in Cheltenham. He\u2019s had a little setback after that run, but he seems to be back. He had a good run this year, and I think he\u2019ll enjoy the ground. He\u2019ll enjoy a lot about what the Grand National is about, and I think he could run a big race.\u2019<\/p>\n

Should Monty\u2019s Star come out on top, he will have to get the better of the pre-race favourite I Am Maximus, who is bidding for a second Grand National triumph after victory in 2024 and a second-place finish last year.<\/p>\n

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Rachael Blackmore won on Minella Times in 2021 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

\u2018It does not feel like five years ago, that makes me feel so old,\u2019 Blackmore joked when reminiscing about her 2021 triumph. <\/p>\n

\u2018When you win a Grand National, you feel so part of the race. There have been so many winners since, but it still feels like yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was an amazing day and I\u2019m glad I still have lots of visual memories and feelings. I can still remember what it felt like, and that\u2019s special.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I really enjoyed the race. He got into such a good rhythm. He jumped really well.\u00a0We seemed to avoid the trouble that was in front of us. The race just flowed so well.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\u2018I can still remember what it felt like to go down over the jumps, and I felt like I was meeting them all on a good stride. Those kinds of memories, those flashes of just what it was like to be in the race, I can still remember those, and they\u2019re just great.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018I think he has got an extremely good record over there, obviously,\u2019 she said of the favourite. Paul [Townend] knows how to get the best out of him, and if he can get a bit of luck going around, I think he\u2019ll be bang there again.\u2019<\/p>\n

Asked who else could be in the running, Blackmore added: \u2018I think Grangeclare West\u00a0is in a similar boat. He ran fantastically last year. <\/p>\n

\u2018He made a little mistake at the last, and that just cost him a bit of momentum. <\/p>\n

\u2018In the manner in which Nick Rockett won, I don\u2019t know if he\u2019d have been able to get past him, but he\u2019s coming into the race after winning the same race that Nick Rockett won last year before he ran, so he\u2019s had a nice prep for the race, and I think he goes there with his chance.\u2019<\/p>\n