Punters count cost of Abbey’s exit

ST NICHOLAS ABBEY, as expected, will miss next Saturday’s Investec Derby at Epsom.

Reported to have worked very poorly, by his standards, last Friday morning, the official line from Ballydoyle is that the son of Montjeu has suffered a pulled muscle.

The Ballydoyle public relations machine was in full flow before 9am yesterday morning, producing a statement in the name of Aidan O'Brien.