Sole Power highly impressive in King's Stand Sole Power charged home under Johnny Murtagh to pip hot-favourite Shea Shea to the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. Shea Shea, sent off the 11/4 favourite, looked to have made a race-winning move when he went clear on the far side but Sole Power (8/1) came home with a wet sail on the stands' side to win by a neck in a photo. Pearl Secret (10/1) also finished his race well for third, with Jack Dexter fourth. Sole Power had performed below-par last time with Fran Berry in the saddle, but reunited with Murtagh he was back to his best, held-up in the early stages before being unleashed for a late thrust. Shea Shea ran a fantastic race in defeat, showing a terrific burst of speed himself on the far side only to be denied in the dying strides. Murtagh said: "Forty winners at Royal Ascot, I'm really proud of it. "As a jockey this is where you want to be performing. It makes the Mondays and the Fridays a lot easier when you come to a meeting like this and ride great horses for good people. I'vejust been one of the lucky ones. "Eddie (Lynam) told me to ride him like I normally ride him and to ride him like I owned him. "He's got a great turn of foot if you can just conserve his energy. He's very willing and if he gets going too early he runs out of steam. You've got to time it to the best. "I didn't see Shea Shea but I knew I'd hit the line well."
