Adayar (horse)

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Adayar
Owner Godolphin red cap.svg
Racing silks of Godolphin
Sire Frankel
Grandsire Galileo
DamAnna Salai
Damsire Dubawi
SexColt
Foaled31 March 2018 [1]
CountryIreland
Colour Bay
Breeder Godolphin
OwnerGodolphin
Trainer Charlie Appleby
Record13: 5-4-1
Earnings£1,479,602
Major wins
Epsom Derby (2021)
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2021)
Gordon Richards Stakes (2023)
Timeform rating: 131
Last updated on 19 October 2022

Adayar (foaled 31 March 2018) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2021 Epsom Derby. He showed promise as a two-year-old in 2020, winning the second of his two starts by nine lengths. In the following year he finished second in both the Sandown Classic Trial and the Lingfield Derby Trial before winning the Derby. On his next start, he became the first Derby winner in 20 years to follow up with a victory in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Adayar is a son of the top stallion Frankel.

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Background

Adayar is a bay colt bred in Ireland by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin organisation. He was sent into training with Charlie Appleby at Moulton Paddocks in Newmarket, Suffolk.

He was from the fifth crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Anapurna, Soul Stirring and Without Parole. [2] Adayar's dam Anna Salai was a high-class racemare who won the Prix de la Grotte and finished second in the Irish 1000 Guineas. [3] She was a daughter of the Prix d'Aumale winner Anna Palariva, who was in turn, a daughter of Anna of Saxony who won the Park Hill Stakes. Anna of Saxony's grand-dam Anna Paola was a German mare who won the Preis der Diana and was the female-line ancestor of Annie Power and Billesdon Brook. [4]

Anna Salai is the name of a major road in Chennai and the Adayar is a river in the same city.

Racing career

2020: two-year-old season

On both of his starts in 2020, Adayar was ridden by William Buick. The colt made his racecourse debut in a maiden race at Nottingham Racecourse over eight and a half furlongs on soft ground on 14 October when he started the 11/5 favourite in an eleven-runner field. After looking outpaced and stumbling at half way he stayed on well in the closing stages but never looked likely to win and came home fourth behind Set Point, beaten six and a half lengths by the winner. [5] Two weeks later, over the same course and distance, Adayer started at odds of 3/1 for a similar event and recorded his first success as he took the lead three furlongs from the finish and drew away in the closing stages to win "comfortably" by nine lengths. [6]

2021: three-year-old season

For his first appearance as a three-year-old, Adayar was stepped up in class and distance for the bet365 Classic Trial over ten furlongs at Sandown Park on 23 April when he started the 8/1 fourth choice in a ten-runner field. Ridden by James Doyle he started slowly but made steady progress in the last three furlongs (despite losing a shoe) to take second place, half a length behind the William Haggas-trained winner Alenquer. [7] Buick was in the saddle two weeks later when the colt started 6/5 favourite for the Novibet Derby Trial Stakes over 1+1⁄2 miles at Lingfield Park. He recovered from another slow start to track the leaders but despite staying on well in the closing stages he was beaten into second place by Third Realm, beaten one and a quarter lengths by the winner. [8]

On 5 June Adayar was one of eleven colts to contest the 242nd running of the Derby over 1+1⁄2 miles at Epsom Racecourse, starting at relatively long odds of 16/1. The Coolmore Stud representative Bolshoi Ballet started favourite, while the other nine runners included Mac Swiney, Gear Up, Third Realm, Hurricane Lane, John Leeper (Fairway Stakes), One Ruler (Autumn Stakes) and Youth Spirit (Chester Vase). Adayar was the least fancied of the three Appleby trainees, with Hurricane Lane and One Ruler being preferred in the betting market. Adam Kirby was offered the ride on the colt but had already accepted the mount on John Leeper, so Oisin Murphy was scheduled to ride Adayar. In a late change of jockey bookings Frankie Dettori replaced Kirby on John Leeper, while Kirby replaced Murphy on Adayar. [9] After his customary poor start, Adayar settled close behind the leading group on the inside rail as Gear Up set a steady pace from Youth Spirit. He went to the front two furlongs from the finish and never looked in any danger of defeat thereafter, coming home 4+1⁄2 lengths clear of the 50/1 outsider Mojo Star, with a further three and a quarter lengths back to Hurricane Lane in third. [10] After the race Appleby said "Adam has been a huge part of our operation since I started. He’s helped out with the racing and he breaks a lot of horses for us. He broke all three Derby runners for us. When he became available I rang Oisin and when he picked up the phone he said ‘I know what you’re going to say.’ He was very professional about it. He’s a big horse. I wouldn’t want to rush into anything with him yet so we’ll sit back and have a nice discussion about where to go next in a while." [9] Commenting on his decision to launch his challenge along the inside rail Kirby said "There was just enough room up the rail. I thought I needed to get in or get out. I knew I had to make a decision, so I went in. Luckily the horse was brave enough to go through the gap, and then he galloped up to the line. This will be a day I'll never forget." [11]

For his next race, Adayar was matched against older horse for the 71st running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes over 1+1⁄2 miles at Ascot Racecourse on 23 July. Ridden by Buick, he started the 9/4 second favourite behind Love in a five-runner field which also included Mishriff, Lone Eagle (runner-up in the Irish Derby) and Broome (Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud). Adayar started quickly and pulled hard in the early stages before settling into second place behind Broome. He made a forward move on the final turn, overtook Broome approaching the last quarter mile and stayed on well, repelling the sustained challenge of Mishriff to win by one and three quarter lengths. [12] After the race Buick said "He’s a consummate professional. He has all the qualities of a top-class middle-distance horse. He has the required pace and the kick and the stamina, and a fantastic will to win. He had that kick at the top of the straight and then did what we saw at Epsom, that resolute gallop all the way to the line. We all thought he was a good Derby winner and he’s confirmed that today." [13] Adayar was the first horse to complete the Derby-King George double since his grandsire Galileo in 2001. [14]

After a break of over two months Adayar was sent to France to contest the 100th edition of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe over 2400 metres on heavy ground at Longchamp Racecourse and started 3.6/1 second favourite behind Hurricane Lane. Buick sent the colt into the lead soon after the start and he opened up a clear advantage early in the straight. He was overtaken approaching the final 100 metres and faded in the final strides to come home fourth behind Torquator Tasso, Tarnawa and Hurricane Lane. [15] Two weeks later the colt was dropped back in distance for the Champion Stakes over ten furlongs at Ascot. Starting the 5/2 second choice in the betting he was among the leaders from the start, went clear of his opponents three furlongs out but then tired badly and finished fifth of the nine runners behind Sealiway, beaten seven lengths by the winner.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Adayar (IRE), bay colt, 2018 [1]
Sire
Frankel (GB)
2008		 Galileo (IRE)
1998		 Sadler's Wells (USA) Northern Dancer (CAN)
Fairy Bridge
Urban Sea (USA) Miswaki
Allegretta (GB)
Kind (IRE)
2001		 Danehill (USA) Danzig
Razyana
Rainbow Lake (GB) Rainbow Quest (USA)
Rockfest (USA)
Dam
Anna Salai (USA)
2007		 Dubawi (IRE)
2002		 Dubai Millennium (GB) Seeking The Gold (USA)
Colorado Dancer (IRE)
Zomaradah (GB) Deploy
Jawaher (IRE)
Anna Palariva (IRE)
1995		 Caerleon (USA) Nijinsky (CAN)
Foreseer
Anna of Saxony (GB) Ela-Mana-Mou (IRE)
Anna Matrushka (Family: 7-f) [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Adayar pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ↑ "Frankel - Progeny". Racing Post.
  3. ↑ "Anna Salai Race Record & Form". Racing Post.
  4. 1 2 "Hermione - Family 7-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
  5. ↑ "EBF Maiden Stakes result". Racing Post. 14 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "EBF Stallions Golden Horn Maiden Stakes result". Racing Post. 28 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "bet365 Classic Trial result". Racing Post. 23 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Novibet Derby Trial Stakes result". Racing Post. 8 May 2021.
  9. 1 2 Armytage, Marcus; Brown, Oliver (5 June 2021). "Adayar wins Epsom Derby under superb ride from Adam Kirby". The Telegraph– via Daily Telegraph.
  10. ↑ "Epsom Derby result". Racing Post. 5 June 2021.
  11. ↑ Mottershead, Lee (5 June 2021). "Kirby Revels in Derby Breakthrough on Adayar". The Blood-Horse .
  12. ↑ "King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes result". Racing Post. 23 July 2021.
  13. ↑ Wood, Greg (24 July 2021). "Adayar shows 'endless power' to follow up Derby with King George victory". The Guardian .
  14. ↑ "Adayar seals Derby-King George double". BBC Sport. 24 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe result". Racing Post. 3 October 2021.
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