Perfect sprinter Take Cover leaves his team swimming in cash

David Griffiths stood in Goodwood's winner's enclosure wearing a slick pair of gold Prada sunglasses. Thanks to the South Yorkshire trainer's exceptionally fast stable star Take Cover he can now treat himself to a little more designer gear.

When you win a race like the Qatar King George Stakes, at a meeting as prestigious as Glorious Goodwood, the financial reward is only part of the pleasure derived. Yet what a financial reward the connections of Take Cover yesterday scooped.

In 2014, when the now nine-year-old landed the Group 2 dash in its days under another sponsorship, the first prize was £56,710.