Calandagan Lands King George Victory To Seal Repeat Success For Trainer Graffard

Calandagan, nan 11-10 favourite, passed each 4 of his rivals successful nan location consecutive present connected Saturday to triumph nan 75th moving of nan King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes. It gave his trainer, Francis-Henri Graffard, a 2nd successive triumph successful nan Ascot showpiece after Goliath’s 25-1 victory 12 months ago.

Kalpana, nan only filly successful nan race, struck for location wrong nan last quarter-mile nether Oisin Murphy and opened a useful lead, but Calandagan and Mickael Barzalona were soon eating into her advantage pinch each stride and Calandagan was successful beforehand pinch a twelve strides to spare.

He was a magnitude clear of Kalpana astatine nan line, pinch Rebel’s Romance adjacent crossed nan statement and Jan Brueghel, who hit Calandagan into 2nd spot successful past month’s Coronation Cup, fourth.