Slade Power looks set for better things after an impressive success in the Mallow Town Summer BBQ Evening July 13th Handicap at Cork.
Edward Lynam's colt was held up in rear early by Johnny Murtagh, and quickened takingly when switched towards the stands rail with over a furlong to run.
Going away at the line, the winning margin of a length and a quarter over Nini Ok probably does not do justice to the superiority of the 6-4 favourite.
Lynam said: "We always liked him and we think he is a very good horse. He is a very bubbly type and we only do half speeds with him at home."
Murtagh doubled up when just getting The Reaper (10-1) home in the Listed Cork Stakes for Ger Lyons.
Fourth to last weekend's Dubai Golden Shaheen winner Krypton Factor at Meydan in January, the four-year-old will now head to York next month.
Lyons was represented by his brother, Shane, who said: "I'm delighted with that as he deserved it, he had been knocking on the door.
"He went to Dubai and collected a few cheques, his form was rock solid over there. He will go for stakes races now.
"I'm delighted for his owner Sean Jones, who is our main owner. He should have an awful lot of fun with this fellow. He will go for the Group Two Duke of York Stakes next on May 17."
