Sole proves Temple hero

Strong early pace suits winner

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Sole Power (l): Back to his best and wins the Temple Stakes

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The 'Budapest Bullet' Overdose failed to fire on his British debut as Sole Power won the betfred.com Temple Stakes at Haydock.

The winner, who was a huge price when winning last year's Nunthorpe Stakes at York, was always travelling strongly under Keagan Leatham and went to the front at the furlong pole to score by three-quarters of a length.

Kingsgate Native was second ahead of Prohibit with Overdose weakening tamely to finish unplaced after racing up with the pace early.

Latham said: "They went very quick early on. I got a slight knock out of the gates, but I wasn't too worried.

"They went hard early on and that worked in our favour. He picked up very nicely."

Sky Bet cut the winner to 9-1 from 25s for the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot.

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