Godolphin's 2021 G1 Cazoo Derby winner Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) will miss a start in Royal Ascot's G1 Prince Of Wales's S. in June, trainer Charlie Appleby confirmed. A minor setback had forced the 4-year-old to skip his planned seasonal bow in the June 3 G1 Coronation Cup S. The G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. victor requires more time to fully come right, and Appleby did not divulge the colt's next start.
“The team at Moulton Paddocks have decided to bypass Royal Ascot with Adayar,” Appleby tweeted from the Godolphin account on Saturday.
“This is to give him more time to bounce back to full fitness following the minor setback which saw him taken out of the Coronation Cup.”
In other news, Barbara and Alick Richmond's G2 Jockey Club S. hero Living Legend (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) has been supplemented, bringing the field of the Coronation Cup to six. The Coolmore partners' G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup second High Definition (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) faces 2021 Coronation Cup victor Pyledriver (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}), Shadwell's multiple group winner Hukum (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), dual group winner Manobo (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who is deputising for Adayar, Charlie Appleby and Godolphin, and Brian Meehan's Palavecino (Fr) (Cacique {Ire}).
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