Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), who won the 2021 G1 Derby and G1 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth S., is unlikely for the Breeders' Cup, but will remain in training in 2023 and target 10-furlong Group 1s, according to trainer Charlie Appleby. He made his season bow a victorious one in a Doncaster conditions race in September, and then finished second to Bay Bridge (GB) (New Bay {GB}) in the G1 Champion S. on Oct. 15.
“He's in good order and has come out of Ascot with no problems at all,” said Appleby. “The likelihood is he is done for the year and won't go to the Breeders' Cup, but I was delighted to see him put up a performance like that.
“The horse has won a King George and a Derby, but when you have your first run in a conditions race and won the way that he did, and you then step back up into Group 1 company, there is always going to be that question mark–can they still do it and will he want to do it? But I think he showed us there on Saturday he can, and will, and he stays in training for next year.”
Royal Ascot's G1 Prince Of Wales's S. is the Godolphin runner's long-term goal next June.
Added, Appleby of Adayar's preferred trip, “Ten or 12 furlongs really, he's a bit like Ghaiyyath (Ire). But I would quite like to see him win a Group 1 over 10 furlongs for his own profile and we would work back from the Prince of Wales's.”
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