Robbie Power

Robbie Power was born to a family with a rich tradition of show jumping. His father, Con Power, was one of the most renowned show jumpers in the United Kingdom until a freak accident ended his career in 1989.

Robbie Power started his career in show jumping soon after his father’s career ended, and within a short period of time developed into an excellent show jumper in his own right, winning the Championship at Dublin amongst numerous show jumping accolades.

Despite his success at show jumping Power soon tired of the exhausting schedule and international travel demands of the sport, and set his mind on racing as a jockey. His first win came in December of 2001 when as an amateur he rode Younevertoldme to victory at Ireland’s Punchestown festival.

Following his success at Punchestown Robbie Power made the decision to turn professional and quickly claimed another victory in a major meeting with a win in the Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Bob What. During this period Power worked primarily with Paddy Mullins’ stable and soon found himself winning consistently.

Over the next four years Robbie Power teamed up with some of the finest horses in Irish National Hunt racing, winning the Galway Plate at the Summer festival and the Munster National. Several more victories at both the Punchestown and Leopardstown festivals followed, and Robbie Power began to attract interest from across the Irish Sea.

The 2005/2006 season proved to be a frustrating one for Robbie Power, 2008 Grand National jockey. The young rider picked up a series of injuries, causing him to miss several important races on excellent horses. Despite only winning two notable races that season, Power’s luck was about to turn and in 2007 he was partnered with 33-1 outsider Silver Birch for the Grand National.

Ironically the event that led up to Power’s partnership with Silver Birch was an injury to the designated Grand National jockey, Jason McGuire. Robbie Power was called to fill in for the injured jockey and went on to win an historic and close race on Silver Birch, eventually pushing ahead of late challenger McKelvey to claim the title of 2007 Grand National winner.

Following the 2007 Grand National pundits praised the Grand National winner’s unflustered handling of the tense race on the final stretch and marked him as a potential champion jockey.

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