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Adayar To Miss Coronation Cup; Heads To Ascot

Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) will not return to the scene of his greatest triumph for the G1 Coronation Cup after a bout of coughing held up his preparation for his intended comeback at Epsom on June 3. Last year's Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. winner will head instead to Royal Ascot.

“Adayar was an intended runner some months ago but he just met with a minor setback in that he was coughing so I eased off him for a week,” said Charlie Appleby via a video release on the Godolphin website. “He has done very well in that week but I think we are going to be giving the Coronation a miss, as just fitness-wise I won't quite have him ready in time.”

The trainer plans instead to run Manobo (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who has been beaten just once in six starts when a close second in the G2 Dubai Gold Cup.

He continued, “We had always mooted that we wanted to drop [Manobo] back to a mile and a half. His preparation has gone very well towards the Coronation, he worked this morning and I am very pleased with him. He's definitely an intended runner for the Coronation. Adayar will most likely be heading towards the Prince of Wales's Stakes for the first start of his 4-year-old career.”

Appleby also issued an update on Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who on Saturday will bid to give his trainer an unprecedented hat-trick of wins in the 2000 Guineas, Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Irish 2000 Guineas with three different horses when he lines up for the latter at the Curragh.

“He had his last piece of work this morning and William [Buick] sat on him. He looked great. It's all systems got for the Curragh on Saturday,” said the trainer.

Appleby also has two potential chances to win the Derby for the third time, having left in Lingfield Derby Trial runner-up Walk Of Stars (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Blue Riband Trial winner Nahanni (GB) (Frankel {GB}) at the most recent forfeit stage.

He said, “Walk Of Stars has most definitely come forward mentally for that run at Lingfield. He's a big playboy still but we're most definitely pleased with what we've seen since his run.

“Nahanni hasn't been seen [on the racecourse] since his 'win and you're in' at Epsom in the Blue Riband Trial. Physically, I couldn't be any happier than with how he's done. He's just picking up the gears now and we're looking forward to them both going to Epsom.”

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Manobo Stays Unbeaten In Style At Meydan

Godolphin's Manobo (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) stamped himself a stayer for the future with a victory in the G2 Prix Chaudenay at ParisLongchamp in October, and the progressive 4-year-old reaffirmed that position with a stirring 5 1/2-length victory on seasonal return in Friday's G3 Nad Al Sheba Trophy at Meydan to remain unbeaten in five starts.

Making his debut at Newbury last May, Manobo headed Mojo Star (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) just two weeks before that one went on to finish second to Adayar (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the G1 Derby. Manobo took a more conservative route, plundering a Kempton novice race before venturing to France to take the Listed Prix Turenne by 10 lengths prior to his Chaudenay run.

Manobo hit the finish line first time around on Friday a half-length to the good in a race where no one was keen to take up the running, but by the time they raced into the first bend he had taken a lead from Taqareer (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) despite giving a few shakes of his head as William Buick attempted to restrain him. Settling into a rhythm down the backstretch as Taqareer stole a wide early advantage, Manobo began to effortlessly cut into that lead rounding the final turn. Arriving at Taqareer's shoulder as they straightened, Manobo surged into the lead when given a shake of the reins and was never threatened thereafter, winning by an eased-down 5 1/2 lengths from Ian Williams's East Asia (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}). Trainer Charlie Appleby noted post-race that the G2 Dubai Gold Cup was the likely target for Manobo on the Dubai World Cup card on Mar. 26, but that he could deputise for Yibir (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic in the event that anything were to go amiss with his GI Breeders' Cup Turf-winning stablemate in the ensuing weeks.

Pedigree Notes

Manobo is the second living foal and first stakes winner out of Tasaday (Nayef), who won three times at the group level and was twice Group 1 placed in France for Andre Fabre before joining Saeed bin Suroor and winning listed stakes at Meydan and York, and finishing third in the 2014 G1 Yorkshire Oaks. Her first foal was Turgenev (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who finished second in the G2 Celebration Mile. Tasaday, who is out of the dual Group 3-winning Tashelka (Fr) (Mujahid) and a half-sister to the G3 Desmond S. winner Tribal Beat (Ire) (Street Cry {Ire}), has an as-yet unnamed 2-year-old colt by New Approach (Ire). It is also the family of South Africa's champion older horse Whisky Baron (Aus) (Manhattan Rain {Aus}).

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