Power gets off the mark over jumps on Sky Sommesky just hung on at the line to give jockey Danny Power his first win over jumps in the Hotel Park St Johann In Tirol Austria Handicap Hurdle at Navan. The Henry de Bromhead-trained gelding travelled well to hit the front going to the second last in the two-miler. He was pressed over the final flight by Arch Empire and had to dig deep for Power in the closing stages to hold that rival by head at the line. The 10/1 winner was making his first start since falling at Punchestown last December. Power had ridden one previous winner on the Flat, on Stag Night, at Cork back in March 2024. The winning rider said afterwards:- "I really have to give credit to the owners and to Henry. This horse looked a winner in Punchestown just under a year ago and fell. "The main aim today was to go and sit kind of mid-division and just hunt him around and see how he was going. At the top of the hill, he was still going well in my hands and I thought I had a little chance. I sent him down over the last two and luckily, he toughed it out. "He is a great little horse. "All I was hoping for was the winning line to come soon enough, but he toughed it out really well. "I'm 19 and from Waterford and just finished school this summer. I'm down in Henry's five days a week and in Terence O'Brien's one day. “I'm fairly tall, I'm 6'2 and luckily, I am naturally quite light, so the weight isn't an issue for me. "I'm getting good enjoyment out of it. That's my first win over hurdles and I had one winner on the Flat, I'm delighted. Days like this really get you up out of bed in the morning." (Quotes by Michael Graham)
