Flintshire out of King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot
Last Updated: 25/07/14 12:56pm
Flintshire has been ruled out of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes due to an elevated temperature.
The Andre Fabre-trained colt finished second in the Coronation Cup at Epsom on his only previous trip to Britain and was looking to step up on his recent fifth in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.
However, Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager for owner Khalid Abdullah, reports the four-year-old to be under the weather.
He said: "Andre Fabre has reported that Flintshire has a temperature above normal this morning and therefore will not run in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Saturday."
a Our stable has only recently grown in strength and in the future we hope to be more consistent in having opportunities to take part in races like this."A mile and a half and fast ground should be ideal conditions for the Aidan O'Brien-trained Magician, who career best performance to date arguably came in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita in November."He's in good form and the ground should be lovely. I'm looking forward to seeing him run," said O'Brien.The other Irish handler represented is Jim Bolger, who saddles last year's Irish Derby hero Trading Leather and the rank outsider Leitir Mor.Trading Leather chased home Novellist in this race 12 months ago and only found Mukhadram too good in the Eclipse three weeks ago.That was his second run since having eight months off and his rider Kevin Manning feels there is more to come."I think he'll improve a bit from Sandown. I think he'll come on for the run and I think there's a bit more there, so I'm expecting a big run on Saturday," Manning told At The Races."I think he's pretty versatile from a mile and a quarter to a mile and a half."Probably his best performance was in the Irish Derby at a mile and a half, but I think it comes down the way the race unfolds."