Robbie Power
Robbie "Puppy" Power,[1] son of Irish show-jumper Con Power,[2] is the National Hunt jockey who rode 33-1 outsider Silver Birch to victory in the 2007 John Smith's Grand National[3] at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday 14 April 2007.[4] 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.
TV
In 2013 he appeared on documentary The Irish Road To Cheltenham which was shown on RTÉ One television in Ireland.[5]
Major wins
- Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle -(1) Reserve Tank (2019)
- Champion Four Year Old Hurdle -(1) Saldier (2018)
- Chanelle Pharma Novice Hurdle -(1) Oscars Well (2011)
- Dr P. J. Moriarty Novice Chase -(2) Carrigeen Victor (2005), Bostons Angel (2011)
- Greenmount Park Novice Chase -(1) Intelligent (2002)
- Irish Champion Hurdle -(1) Supasundae (2018)
- Irish Daily Mirror Novice Hurdle -(1) Sir Overbury (2006)
- Irish Gold Cup -(1) Sizing John (2017)
- John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase -(1) Sizing John (2017)
- Neville Hotels Novice Chase -(2) Bostons Angel (2010), Our Duke (2016)
- Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase -(1) Big Zeb (2011)
- Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle -(1) Jezki (2012)
- Punchestown Champion Chase -(1) Fox Norton (2017)
- Punchestown Champion Hurdle -(1) Supasundae (2018)
- Punchestown Gold Cup -(1) Sizing John (2017)
- Ryanair Novice Chase -(1) Chacun Pour Soi (2019)
- Aintree Hurdle -(1) Supasundae (2019)
- Betfair Chase -(1) Lostintranslation (2019)
- Cheltenham Gold Cup -(1) Sizing John (2017)
- Kauto Star Novices' Chase -(1) Slate House (2019)
- Manifesto Novices' Chase -(1) Finian's Oscar (2018)
- Melling Chase -(1) Fox Norton (2017)
- Mersey Novices' Hurdle -(2) Finian's Oscar (2017), Reserve Tank (2019)
- Mildmay Novices' Chase -(1) Lostintranslation (2019)
- RSA Insurance Novices' Chase -(1) Bostons Angel (2011)
- Tolworth Novices' Hurdle -(1) Fiddlerontheroof (2020)
- Top Novices' Hurdle -(1) Pingshou (2017)
- Grand National Hurdle Stakes -(1) Jury Duty (2018)
Footnotes
- Robbie Power's early racing career
- Additional detail, Con Power
- Scott, B Silver shines in heat Sunday Telegraph ( Sports Section p12), 15 April 2007
- Palmer, Justin (14 April 2007). "Silver Birch wins Grand National thriller". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
- "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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