Chris Hayes talks up Power’s Abbaye claims

Jockey Chris Hayes feels Sole Power has a good chance of breaking his Qatar Prix de l’Abbaye hoodoo should conditions continue to dry out at Longchamp.

Ireland’s crack sprinter has not had the rub of the green in the last four runnings of the five-furlong dash yet has performed creditably in all those renewals with placings of third, fifth, sixth and eighth.

While Eddie Lynam’s five-time Group One winner is at his best on fast ground, he showed he can handle slower going when winning the Flying Five at the Curragh on his latest start.