Sandown Friday

WALDKONIG (John and Thady Gosden/Frankie Dettori) announced himself as capable of fulfilling his immense early potential by taking the Group 3 Bet 365 Gordon Richards Stakes. He tackled early leader Extra Elusive (Roger Charlton/Hollie Doyle) over a furlong out, and held the late challenge of veteran Desert Encounter (David Simcock/Andrea Atzeni) by a comfortable one and a quarter lengths, with the third another two and a half lengths away in a race where the field finished well spread out. The winner, who was arriving on the back of a handicap win at Pontefract, was
returned favourite at 6/4.