Irish jockey is separated from his family as he pursues winners in
Britain and rides the favourite in Saturday’s Betfair Chase
For many of us, Covid-19 restrictions and lockdown have meant spending a lot more time at home. For Robbie Power, though, it has been the exact opposite. On a Tuesday evening in early October he drove away from his home in
Ireland and on to a ferry for
England, not entirely certain as he did so when he would be able to move back.
“It was a tough decision,” Power, the main jockey for Colin Tizzard’s stable, said this week. “I’ve my wife and two-year-old daughter at home, and it was very difficult leaving my house to drive to the boat on my own, leaving them behind. But it was a decision I was forced into because of the Covid restrictions, because the Tizzards have such a strong team of horses over here.