Jockey Angle: Ian Power gave Rattledelatch a peach! A brilliant bit of riding

On this week's episode of ‘The Jockey Angle', brought to you by William Hill, Paddy Flood selects a smashing ride from Tramore from Ian Power aboard Rattledelatch, a sweet win from Cork for Mark Walsh and a horse with the X-factor from Ballydoyle.

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Paddy Flood's Analysis

Here I am looking at the beginners' chase from Tramore on the 8th October, specifically a horse called Rattledelatch with Ian Power riding.

If I was after backing Rattledelatch, I would be very, very worried about where he is at the start. He's jumped off maybe five, six lengths last.

What you can see is a plan, and the plan is to get this horse to switch off.

If you're a jockey, you want to go down to a fence and you want to give your horse a squeeze, or you want to take them back.

Ian Power does absolutely nothing. He just has him gripped up, and the horse is jumping out of Ian's hands. What that tells me is that Ian does not want to light this horse up. He's sitting there, has a good hold of him. It takes some strength to hold a horse down to a fence who wants to quicken in your hands.

He's basically taken him out of the race as much as he can. And that sounds a bit odd because you're in a race, you want to get in and win it. But, this fella looks like if he got in the hustle and bustle of a race, he'd probably just grab the bit and run as fast as he could.

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I thought this was a smashing ride by Ian.

Now, for a lot of you who might not know a whole pile about Ian Power, I remember Ian Power riding for Noel Meade. He was second in command to Paul Carberry, and I think he's reliving those days because this was very much a Noel Meade, Paul Carberry-esque sort of ride. It was just patience, confidence and ability.

It was a brilliant, brilliant bit of riding.

You can just see him starting to squeeze the horse now, to be fair to the horse, Rattledelatch, he picks up immediately. Gives him a little shake and one behind the saddle, and all of a sudden, your eye is drawn to him, he just lands at the back of the last and clears away.

I thought it was a peach of a ride by Ian, and he's no spring chicken, Ian. He was around when I was riding, but he's a hardy bit of stuff, and he's got a great clock on his head, by the look of that.

A fantastic ride, and fair play to him.