Hayes keen on Power chance 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 absolute best on fast ground, he showed he can handler slower going when winning the Flying Five at the Curragh on his latest start. Hayes was in the plate for the first time that day and is excited about being aboard him on Sunday. "If the weather stays the way it's forecast, he'd really have to have a chance," he told At The Races. "I'm looking forward to getting the leg over him on fast ground. "It seems to be going the right way ground wise. I never got to ride him in his younger days, but he's still had plenty of spark for me. "The turn of foot he showed on that kind of ground (at the Curragh), it would be mouthwatering thinking of Sunday if it stays dry. "I've looked at videos of his runs in this race hundreds of times and he has run some good races in defeat on ground that probably didn't suit. "I've spoken to Johnny Murtagh about the time he rode him and the closest he finished was with Keagan Latham and he was a shade unlucky on the day. "If the ground stays the way it is, we'll go there with a fighting chance." The last two winners, Move In Time 12 months ago and Maarek in 2013, feature among 24 left in the Abbaye at the latest forfeit stage. Nunthorpe winner Mecca's Angel, King's Stand scorer Goldream and Muthmir, winner of Glorious Goodwood's King George Stakes, are among the possibles. Other speedsters standing their ground include last year's second Rangali, Steps, Take Cover, Mirza, Pearl Secret and the dual Group Two-winning two-year-old Gutaifan, who also holds an entry in Saturday's totepool Two-Year-old Trophy at Redcar.
