Charlie Appleby, the trainer of Adayar, has said there will be “a decision to make” on whether the 2021 Derby winner can run in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot this month, after his five-year-old was beaten at long odds-on behind Israr in the Princess of Wales’s Stakes.
Adayar, ridden by William Buick, was a 1-3 chance to beat only three opponents in the Group Two contest and surged into the lead, with Israr in close attendance, around three furlongs from home. He was soon labouring to keep Israr at bay, however, and while John Gosden’s colt ran on well up the final slope, Adayar weakened to finish four and a half lengths adrift at the line.
