His jockey, Rachel Blackmore, who steered Minella Times to Grand National glory, has become the superstar of the jumps scene and typifies the class of the De Bromhead operation.
Following on in the training game from his father Harry, Henry De Bromhead's stable revolves around quality not quantity, nurturing such supreme animals as eight time Grade 1 winner Sizing Europe and the marvellous mare Honeysuckle, who took the 2021 and 2022 Champion Hurdle in fine style.
The early years
Turning Trainer
Sizing Europe
📅 November 18, 2007
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) November 14, 2020
📍@cheltenhamraces
Sizing Europe - what a horse for @HenrydeBromhead 🚀
He landed the 2007 Greatwood Hurdle under @tjm555 & went on to win the Arkle and Champion Chase over fences!
#RacingTVFlashback pic.twitter.com/cKr60RNk8x
Changing owners & further success
Rachael Blackmore & Cheltenham 2021
The 2021 Grand National
The bookies priced her horse Minella Times at 11/1 in this race of true jeopardy with the potential that her and De Bromhead's Cheltenham exertions had taken their toll.
We won the Grand National....@rachaelblackmor @hotelminella @HRIRacing @WHR pic.twitter.com/zRua55JL1b
— Henry de Bromhead (@HenrydeBromhead) April 10, 2021
More Cheltenham success in 2022 and 2023
Honeysuckle again claimed the Champion Hurdle 2022, but the start of the 2022/23 season didn't go as planned after back-to-back defeats in the Hatton's Grace and the Irish Champion Hurdle- which were the only blots on her previous perfect record.
Personal life
Sadly, Jack died after an accident at a beach race in Ireland at the age of 13.