Recital set to miss Irish Derby

AIDAN O’Brien’s Recital has been ruled out of Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby.

The three-year-old won the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial earlier in the year, Ireland’s premier prep-race for the Epsom Derby.

He failed to act on the unique Downs, with Pat Smullen, riding in the absence of Kieren Fallon who was stopped by a High Court injunction brought against him by the owners of Native Khan, guiding him into sixth place.