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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]

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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