Sole Power has confirmed his status as the undoubted short-course star of Europe by winning his second Nunthorpe Stakes at York.

The silence was deafening in the grandstands in 2010 when he claimed the 1000m Group One contest as a 100-1 shot for relatively unheralded Irish trainer Eddie Lynam.

Things have changed in the subsequent four years, with Lynam now affectionately known as 'Fast Eddie' and widely regarded as one of the finest trainers of sprinters in the sport.

Sole Power has flown the flag admirably, winning the King's Stand at Royal Ascot twice since his first Nunthorpe win.

On Friday, he was the 11-4 favourite despite suffering a bout of ringworm after returning home from an aborted July Cup mission at Newmarket.

With Richard Hughes on his back again, Sole Power was ridden to play his cards late.

While a number of his rivals began to falter in the heat of a furious pace, Sole Power was full of running as the race reached its climax.

Hughes sat motionless with just half a furlong (100m) to run and when the gap came, Sole Power merely had to be shaken up to go through the gears in effortless style.

There was just half a length in it at the line, with just a short head separating the second and third, Stepper Point and Extortionist.

The victory means Lynam has won every Group One sprint in Britain so far this season, with Sole Power's younger stable companion Slade Power dominating over six furlongs (1200m) in the Diamond Jubilee and July Cup.

The quietly spoken Irishman stood in the winner's enclosure in awe of his pride and joy.

"Two weeks ago, he had American ringworm," Lynam said.

"We had the rugs off him, his diet changed, we had to hand walk him and couldn't train him.

"You can't sweat them with it (ringworm). You can only walk them.

"He's a super horse, a horse of a lifetime, it's just the way he does it. We're lucky to have him.

Lynam said Sole Power was likely to race in his homeland on September 14 and he also has his sights on France and Hong Kong.

Hughes said Sole Power was a life changing horse.

"He's brilliant, he's made for me," he said.

"When I was 14 or 15 I dreamed about riding horses like this, and doing it like that."