Of Shadwell’s fortunes throughout the season, Gosden added: “They have had an incredibly successful year. We’ve been second in it, so we are itching to win it one day.” “It’s an exciting, lovely race, well timed in the calendar and the prize money has been increased so that makes it even more attractive. John Gosden, who trains Israr alongside his son, Thady, said: “We are confident Israr will run a really nice race over the mile and a quarter, it’s a very competitive field but so it should be. He finished his domestic campaign with another second-placed run, this time in the Cumberland Lodge at Ascot, and now heads out to Bahrain in hope of collecting more prize money there.
The four-year-old was second in a Group Three at Newbury and the Listed Ebor trial at York before winning the Group Two Princess of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket in July – beating 2021 Derby winner Adayar. The contest has been upgraded to Group Two level following last season’s renewal and the prize money, which has been increased to $1million, has attracted runners from five different countries.Īmong them is John and Thady Gosden’s Israr, a Shadwell owned and bred colt who has been in good form all year.