Workforce still under the microscope after flop

KING George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes flop Workforce is still undergoing tests to try and discover if there was an underlying reason for his performance at Ascot.

The record-breaking Derby winner only beat his pacemaker Confront at the weekend and connections of the Sir Michael Stoute-trained King’s Best colt are hoping something comes to light.

“Obviously it was not what we expected or what we were hoping for,” said Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to the owner, Prince Khalid Abdullah.