Sole powered up for repeat Temple success

Trainer Eddie Lynam feels Sole Power has “a good opportunity” of racking up back-to-back wins in the Betfred.com Temple Stakes at Haydock on Saturday.

The top-class sprinter will be ridden for the first time by dual champion jockey Paul Hanagan on what is just about the Warrington-born jockey’s hometown track.

Sole Power beat Kingsgate Native by three-quarters of a length in the Group Two event last year to supplement his 100-1 surprise win in the Nunthorpe a season earlier.