Godolphin strike out with Gold

GODOLPHIN have all but ruled out any hope they had of getting Passion For Gold to Epsom in time for the Investec Derby.

Third behind St Nicholas Abbey in the Beresford Stakes, he then won the Criterium de Saint-Cloud by six lengths.

Earlier in the month he was ruled out of his intended prep for the Derby, the Dante Stakes at York, with a pulled back muscle which looks like keeping him off the track longer than first feared.