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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.

TV

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ Robbie Power's early racing career
  2. ^ Additional detail, Con Power
  3. ^ Scott, B Silver shines in heat Sunday Telegraph ( Sports Section p12), 15 April 2007
  4. ^ Palmer, Justin (14 April 2007). "Silver Birch wins Grand National thriller". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
  5. ^ "Limerick Jockey to appear on RTÉ". Limerick Post. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.


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