IT HAS been a good week for the Power family in terms of having exceptional achievements honoured. While Robbie had to give way to his boss Jessica Harrington in the National Hunt category at the Horse Racing Ireland Awards in Leopardstown on Tuesday, he joined the trainer on stage along with the Harrington sisters Kate and Emma, as Sizing John was named Horse of the Year.

The jockey had been chief lobbyist for pushing the seven-year-old up in distance after too many views of Douvan’s rear end over two miles, and was rewarded as part of a historic triple Gold Cup-winning season.