Power and the glory for Lynam

Sole Power confirmed his status as the undoubted king of the five-furlong division with a performance of stunning domination in the Coolmore Nunthorpe at York yesterday.

The silence was deafening in the Knavesmire grandstands in 2010 when 100-1 shot Sole Power claimed a shock victory in the Group One contest for then-relatively unheralded Irish trainer Eddie Lynam.

How things have changed in the subsequent four years, with the County Meath-based handler now affectionately known as ’Fast Eddie’ and widely regarded as one of the finest trainers of sprinters in the sport.