Retired jockey Robbie Power is relishing his new life out of the saddle as he returned to the scene of his greatest triumph at Aintree Racecourse on Thursday.
The 40-year-old, who partnered the Gordon Elliott-trained Silver Birch to glory in the Randox Grand National at Aintree in 2007, announced his retirement from the saddle in April.
Power, son of show-jumper Con Power, also won the Cheltenham Gold Cup (on Sizing John in 2017), the Boylesports Irish Grand National (Our Duke 2017) and the Punchestown Gold Cup (Sizing John 2017) and 31 Grade One victories, including at Aintree’s Grand National Festival in a 20-year career in the saddle.