BOB'S JUST THE JOB

It's vintage Olinger as former hero helps complete rejuvenated Blackmore's Festival Grand Slam

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RACHAEL BLACKMORE emerged from a winter of discontent to capture the Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle on Cheltenham specialist Bob Olinger — and complete a full house of the Festival’s championship prizes.

Blackmore has endured a season to forget, suffering a neck injury in a fall at Downpatrick in September and riding just five winners in Ireland since returning to the saddle in December.

But the jockey’s boss Henry de Bromhead (below) can be relied upon to have the Co Waterford stable’s horses at their peak for Cheltenham - a place Bob Olinger adores.

So punters got stuck into the overnight 20-1 about the 10-year-old’s prospects for the three-mile test.