Robbie Power

Robbie "Puppy" Power is a retired National Hunt jockey. The son of Irish show-jumper Con Power,[1] Robbie Power rode the 33-1 outsider Silver Birch to victory in the 2007 John Smith's Grand National[2] at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday 14 April 2007.[3] It was his second Grand National ride after his Grand National debut in 2005. In 2011 he had his first Cheltenham Festival winner in the RSA Chase. In 2017 he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Punchestown Gold Cup on Sizing John. He also won the Irish Grand National on Our Duke.

He announced his retirement from horse racing in 2022.[4]

TV

In 2013 he appeared on documentary The Irish Road To Cheltenham which was shown on RTÉ One television in Ireland.[5]

Cheltenham Festival winners (4)

Major wins

Republic of Ireland Ireland

United Kingdom Great Britain

United States United States

Footnotes

  1. ^ Additional detail, Con Power
  2. ^ Scott, B. Silver shines in heat, Sunday Telegraph (Sports Section p12), 15 April 2007
  3. ^ Palmer, Justin (14 April 2007). "Silver Birch wins Grand National thriller". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
  4. ^ "Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Robbie Power announces retirement from racing after Punchestown Festival". independent. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Limerick Jockey to appear on RTÉ". Limerick Post. 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.


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