COVER’S LAST STAND

TAKE COVER is set to bring the curtain down on his long and successful career at Newbury today.

David Griffiths’ stable star (right) has his 49th — and possibly his last — start as he bids to repeat his victory of 12 months ago in the Group 3 Dubai International Airport World Trophy Stakes (3.30, ITV4).

“He will definitely finish for the season as the ground is about to go against him, said

Griffiths, whose

11-year-old has 15 successes to his name

“And his ownerbreeder Andrew

Hollis has made up his mind that this will be his last race — so I’ve got some persuading to do!” “But you never say, never. He’s not getting any slower. On his last two starts he’s won the Beverley Bullet and then wasn’t beaten far [when fifth] behind Havana Grey in a Group 1 in Ireland last weekend, and he’ll be a very hard horse to replace.”