Tag: jockey

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”. Blackmore in 2021 became the first female jockey to win the famous jumps race. Minella Times, trained by Henry De Bromhead, was being trained to run at the…


Film Review: ‘Jockey’: Rookie Director Clint Bentley’s Haunting Character Study

It isn’t often that a person who is 50+ years old and has appeared in over 90 feature films and TV shows delivers what could be considered a “breakthrough performance,” but that is indeed the case with Clifton Collins Jr. in “Jockey.” The third generation member of a Mexican-German-American acting family, Collins has shown up…