Lynam powering ahead with star duo

Eddie Lynam has earmarked further Group One targets for his star sprinters Slade Power and Sole Power after both performed with credit in Saturday’s Darley July Cup at Newmarket.

Sole Power was the better fancied of the pair having clinched his second Group One prize in the King’s Stand at Royal Ascot, but while he ran admirably on his first start over six furlongs in almost two years, finishing fifth, he was outshone by his stable companion.

Slade Power, two years younger than the stable star, was seventh in the Ascot’s Diamond Jubilee before winning at the Curragh and he made another step forward to finish third on the July Course.