Adayar aims to cap great year at Ascot

Godolphin’s Adayar it targeting the Champion Stakes on British Champions Day at Ascot this weekend. Adayar has already claimed the Epsom Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes this season, and his trainer is confident the three-year-old can cap a brilliant year at Ascot after coming up short in the Arc at Longchamp.

“We discussed it with His Highness Shaikh Mohammad (Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai) and the decision was taken to run,” Appleby said on Godolphin’s website. “We are all looking forward to the rematch with Mishriff, particularly over this trip.

“Adayar beat Mishriff comfortably (a length and three quarters) in the King George, and then Mishriff came out and dominated the Juddmonte International at York, winning by six lengths, over the distance (approximately) of Saturday’s race.

“We are happy to meet him over the mile and a quarter, which is the trip where we believe Adayar’s potential lies next year (at four),” the trainer explained.

Despite the setback in the Arc in France, where Adayar finished fourth, Appleby insisted it did not knock them off their stride.

Appleby’s Master Of The Seas runs in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes today, and Creative Force goes in the British Champions Sprint.

Appleby’s Master Of The Seas runs in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes today, and Creative Force goes in the British Champions Sprint.