Robbie "Puppy" Power is a retired

National Hunt In horse racing in the United Kingdom, France and Republic of Ireland, National Hunt racing requires horses to jump fences and ditches. National Hunt racing in the UK is informally known as "jumps" and is divided into two major distinct branches: ...

jockey. The son of Irish show-jumper Con Power, Robbie Power rode the 33-1 outsider Silver Birch to victory in the 2007 John Smith's

Grand National The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run in 1839, it is a handica ...

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on Saturday 14 April 2007. It was his second Grand National ride after his Grand National debut in 2005. In 2011 he had his first

Cheltenham Festival The Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing-based meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National. The four-day festival takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Ra ...

winner in the RSA Chase. In 2017 he won the

Cheltenham Gold Cup The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of about 3 miles 2½ furlongs ...

and the Punchestown Gold Cup on

Sizing John Sizing John (foaled 13 May 2010) is a British-bred, Irish trained thoroughbred racehorse who competes in National Hunt racing. He is trained by Jessica Harrington and owned by Ann and Alan Potts, and is best known for winning the Cheltenham Gold ...

. He also won the Irish Grand National on Our Duke. He announced his retirement from horse racing in 2022.

TV

In 2013 he appeared on documentary The Irish Road To Cheltenham which was shown on

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television in Ireland.

Cheltenham Festival winners (4)

Cheltenham Gold Cup The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of about 3 miles 2½ furlongs ...

-(1) Sizing John (2017) * RSA Insurance Novices' Chase -(1) Bostons Angel (2011) * Coral Cup - (1) Supasundae (2017) * Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase - (1) Rock The World (2017)

Major wins

Ireland * Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle -(1) Reserve Tank (2019) * Champion Four Year Old Hurdle -(1) Saldier (2018) *

Chanelle Pharma Novice Hurdle The Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metre ...

-(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) ----

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* Aintree Hurdle -(1) Supasundae (2019) *

Betfair Chase The Betfair Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of about 3 miles and furlongs (3 miles 1 furlong an ...

-(1) Lostintranslation (2019) * Kauto Star Novices' Chase -(1) Slate House (2019) *

Manifesto Novices' Chase The Manifesto Novices' Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlongs (2 miles, 3 fur ...

-(1) Finian's Oscar (2018) * Melling Chase -(1) Fox Norton (2017) *

Mersey Novices' Hurdle The Mersey Novices' Hurdle is a Grade One National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Aintree, Merseyside, over a distance of about 2 mil ...

-(2) Finian's Oscar (2017), Reserve Tank (2019) * Mildmay Novices' Chase -(1) Lostintranslation (2019) * Tolworth Novices' Hurdle -(1) Fiddlerontheroof (2020) * Top Novices' Hurdle -(1) Pingshou (2017) ----

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Grand National Hurdle Stakes The Grand National Hurdle Stakes is an American National Steeplechase Association sanctioned steeplechase race run each fall at Far Hills, New Jersey. It is a Grade 1 event run over miles. It has been known by a variety of names over the years, i ...

-(1) Jury Duty (2018)

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