Guard ruled out of Lincoln

ROYAL GUARD, Kieren Fallon’s intended mount in the Stanleybet Lincoln, is to miss the big handicap at Doncaster on Saturday week.

The five-year-old, trained in France by John Hammond, was 10-1 second-favourite with Ladbrokes.

“John Hammond has phoned and advised me that he is not happy with the horse and that it won’t be running,” said Fallon’s agent Dave Pollington.