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LISTEN: Robbie Power on his Cheltenham Gold Cup triumph

In what will go down as the greatest day of Meath jockey Robbie Power's racing life, Sizing John won...
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5:45 PM - 17 Mar 2017



LISTEN: Robbie Power on his Ch...

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LISTEN: Robbie Power on his Cheltenham Gold Cup triumph

TodayFM
TodayFM

5:45 PM - 17 Mar 2017



In what will go down as the greatest day of Meath jockey Robbie Power's racing life, Sizing John won the Gold Cup for Kildare jockey Jessica Harrington, one of 19 Irish winners at a record breaking Cheltenham Festival. 

Sizing John came into the Gold Cup off the back of a victory in the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown, when he stepped up to 3 miles for the first time. 

Today he had to negotiate the extra quarter of a mile of the Gold Cup, but the horse's speed allowed Power a dream run, and he jumped into the lead at the second last before showing endurance up the hill to win by 2 and 3 quarter lengths. 

Remarkably, Power and Harrington teamed up with Rock the World for another victory in the Grand Annual Chase, the concluding race of a dream Cheltenham for Ireland.

10 years ago Power, the son of Captain Con Power, a former Irish showjumper, won the Grand National at Aintree on Silver Birch. 

He told our reporter John Duggan that a Cheltenham Gold Cup tops that...



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