Honeysuckle provides poignant victory on fairytale end to her career

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Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore en-route to winning the mares’ hurdle at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival.
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Honeysuckle delivered a richly deserved fairytale ending to her career when gritting it out to win the Mares’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival today (14 March).

Ridden by Rachael Blackmore, owned by Kenneth (‘Kenny’) Alexander and trained by Henry de Bromhead, the nine-year-old mare bows out with two Champion Hurdle and two Mares’ Hurdle victories at the Cheltenham Festival, 13 Grade One wins and over £1.4m in prize money to her name.

Gemma Redrup
Gemma Redrup
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.