Adayar ready to make up for lost time with return at Sandown in April
- Planet Sport writer
- 26 March 2023
Adayar was restricted to only two outings in the 2022 campaign and is raring to go in the bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes at Sandown next month.
After triumphing at Epsom in 2021, the Charlie Appleby-trained Adayar became the first Derby winner in 20 years to follow up with a victory in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
His four-year-old season was delayed until Doncaster's St Leger meeting, after which he went down by just half a length to Bay Bridge in the Champion Stakes at Ascot.
Appleby wants to give the son of Frankel further opportunities to pick up a Group One over a mile and a quarter this season, with the Group Three Gordon Richards as the starting point before Royal Ascot.
"The plan is to run Adayar in the Gordon Richards and then the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot, both over a mile and a quarter," said the Moulton Paddocks handler.
"He will have a lot of summer targets, but winning a Group One over that trip will look good on his CV."
