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Hayes keen on Awtaad claims
- Updated: October 11, 2016
Chris Hayes says Awtaad should not be underestimated in the £1.16 million Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday.
The three-year-old Cape Cross colt lowered the colours of Galileo Gold, the QIPCO 2000 Guineas winner, when a decisive winner of the Irish equivalent at the Curragh in May but has finished behind him in their two subsequent clashes, in the St James’s Palace Stakes and Qatar Sussex Stakes.
On his latest start Awtaad, who is trained by octogenarian Kevin Prendergast, had his sights lowered a little and resumed winning ways with a fluent success in the Group 2 Clipper Logistics Boomerang Stakes at Leopardstown.
“He’s very special to me and the boss and has been our flagship horse all season,” said Hayes, who has ridden Awtaad in …
