Rachael Blackmore is being backed to win two Sports Personality awards this month following a flood of bets.
The Tipperary rider has enjoyed an incredible year, being crowned top jockey at the Cheltenham Festival before becoming the first woman to win the Grand National.
She is the odds-on favourite to be crowned the BBC World Sports Person of the Year and is also odds-on to win RTE's Sports Personality of the Year award.
Ladbrokes have slashed Blackmore's odds to 2/7 from 5/2 for the UK award, while she is 2/5 to win the RTE one.
She is fancied to beat the likes of Novak Djokovic and Tom Brady to the prestigious BBC award, while she must see off the likes of Kellie Harrington and Leona Maguire to be crowned RTE's Sports Personality of the Year.
Nicola McGeady of Ladbrokes said: “Rachael Blackmore’s incredible achievements this year has catapulted her to the head of the betting for both the BBC and RTE Sports awards this month. She is up against incredible talent but after making Grand National history, punters believe deserves the title more than anyone else.”
**RTE Sports Personality of the Year
2/5 Rachael Blackmore, 9/4 Kellie Harrington, 16/1 Leona Maguire, 20/1 Paul O’Donovan & Fintan McCarthy, 25/1 Cian Lynch, Katie Taylor, 50/1 Ellen Keane, Jason Smyth
**BBC World Sports Star of the Year
2/7 Rachael Blackmore, 7/1 Elaine Thompson-Herah, 10/1 Novak Djokovic, 12/1 Tom Brady, 14/1 Max Verstappen, 20/1 Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez
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