Adayar will skip Arc and go to British Champion Stakes

The QIPCO Champion Stakes betting sees the French raider Horizon Dore topping the market for the Saturday Ascot showcase race on Champions Day. This Patrice Cottier runner will be looking to uphold the good record in the race for runners from France but will also be taking on last year's winner Bay Bridge and this season's Epsom Derby runner-up…

Trainer Aidan O'Brien has told the horse racing press that his Epsom Derby winner Auguste Rodin, who was last seen running poorly in the King George, has been working'brilliant' ahead of his next target - the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on September 9th. We last saw Auguste Rodin running last of 10 in the King George VI and Queen…

The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (3.40) is shaping up to be one of the races of the season with a high-class field of 11 taking their chance in Saturday's Group 1. Here, our experts give their views on who will come out on top. . . Join Paddy Power today and get £20 cash back New customers only. Place your FIRST bet on any market at…

Danny Archer (DA) and Harry Allwood (HA) provide their verdict on all of the potential contenders in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes preview: Jess Stafford and Martin Dwyer give their verdict on the Ascot showpiece Trainer: Aidan O'Brien. Best odds: 80-1. Won the…

Dual-Derby hero Auguste Rodin is one of the favourites for Saturday's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes, although his trainer, Aidan O'Brien, is covering all generational bases. Ascot's midsummer feature, first run in 1951, was designed as British racing's ultimate clash between the classic generation and their elders. Three-year-olds…

Joseph O'Brien is far too composed to toss his top hat in the air but he could still bring up a big hat-trick at Royal Ascot on Wednesday. Coming into this year's meeting, the two-time Melbourne Cup winning handler - who won five times here as a jockey - had just one Royal Ascot training success, last year's Prince of Wales's Stakes winner State of…

The Prince of Wales's Stakes, the feature race on day two of Royal Ascot, looks like being an absolute cracker this year with the top four in the betting boasting seven Group 1 wins between them. Here we assess the leading contenders and provide a big-race verdict. Desert Crown (Form 1/11-2) Strengths: Took his record to 3-3 when winning last…

Nobody has won the Derby more times than Aidan O'Brien and the master of Ballydoyle looks to have a strong hand once again as he aims for a ninth success in the Epsom classic. Auguste Rodin disappointed in the 2000 Guineas, but there were excuses for that run and O'Brien has described the son of Deep Impact as a "collector's item" He will be…

Imperial Emperor, a general 10-1 second favourite for the, is unlikely to run at Epsom according to trainer Charlie Appleby. The Dubawi colt, who was an impressive winner of a Newmarket maiden last October, will instead be aimed at either the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot or the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh. Appleby said:…

Royal Ascot target for 2021 Derby winner Adayar, set for a seasonal debut at Sandown later this month, with stablemate Hurricane Lane ready for G3 return at Newbury this weekend GB: World #1 trainer Charlie Appleby has nominated the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot as the principal early-season target for 2021 Derby winner Adayar, who is set…

The Godolphin handler will revert the five year old son of Frankel back down the Group Three level in the 10-furlong contest on Friday 28th April following an intended racecourse gallop at Newmarket's Rowley Mile. Adayar was restricted to just two starts in 2022 after missing the bulk of the campaign having met with a small setback in the build up…

Charlie Appleby expects 2021 Derby winner Adayar to be a big player on his seasonal comeback in the bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes at Sandown Park later this month. The Godolphin handler will revert the five year old son of Frankel back down the Group Three level in the 10-furlong contest on Friday 28th April following an intended racecourse gallop…

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GODOLPHIN have decided to skip the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with Adayar in favour of a blockbuster clash at Ascot with Baaeed. The four-year-old will head to Champions Day on October 15 for the mouthwatering head-to-head after ground conditions turned against him in Paris. Longchamp racecourse has been battered with rain in recent days, with the…

Last year's Derby winner Adayar (Ire) (Frankel [GB}) is set to take on Baaeed (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the G1 QIPCO British Champion S. on October 15. Godolphin confirmed the news on Twitter on Tuesday in a post that read, "Following discussions yesterday, it has been decided that Adayar will miss the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and will head…

The nights are drawing in, there's a chill in the air and the Arc looms large. On October 2 the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe takes centre stage at Longchamp (3.00) - and this year's renewal looks wide open. Here we assess the main contenders - just don't mention the B word. . . Form 11-311 Strengths Once the favourite for the Derby, Luxembourg has…

Godolphine trainer Charlie Appleby has pencilled in a belated seasonal debut for 2021 Derby winner Adayar in the September Stakes at Kempton on September 3, after the colt returned to exercise yesterday. Adayar has been on the easy list since a lung infection saw plans scrapped to run him in the Coronation Cup at Epsom on June 3. The 1m 2f Champion…

Saturday's Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (3.45 Curragh), worth €570000 to the winner, is the next in a series of very valuable contests throughout the summer which will go a long way to deciding the title of champion sire in Britain and Ireland. We had become used to the sires' championship being a one-sided contest but things were very different in…

The pre-race talk surrounds one horse hoping to keep up an impressive record at Epsom this weekend. Desert Crown has dominated the buildup to this year's Derby as the three-year old protects an unbeaten record at Epsom. Trained by five-time derby winner Sir Michael Stoute, the colt was an 11/1 winner on debut at Nottingham last November and…

It's fair to say that the phrase an "embarrassment of riches" could have been coined at the Moulton Paddocks stables of Charlie Appleby with the Godolphin Empire having access to top notch racehorses. Yet, it takes the best to train the best and Appleby has won a succession of Group One races since being unveiled as Godolphin trainer in 2013,…

All eyes will be on the Arc as the best middle-distance horses in the world compete at Longchamp. Adayar, Tarnawa, Snowfall and Chrono Genesis are key contenders It's nearly 20 years since a horse running in Godolphin's royal blue silks won the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe but the owners have two leading candidates with Adayar and Hurricane…

A'top-class' horse on Timeform's scale of Flat ratings is defined as one rated 130 or more, and so far this season we've been treated to two three-year-old colts reaching that level. To do so, both St Mark's Basilica (130p) and Adayar (131), already established as leading members of their own generation as classic winners, had to beat high-class…