Mofeed to miss Guineas

Akeed Mofeed, well backed in recent days for the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, will miss the race through injury.

Trainer John Oxx has been forced to rule the colt out of the first Classic of the season after he found him to be lame.

Bruce Raymond, racing manager to owner Jaber Abdullah, said: “It was a bit of a shock when John told me. “He’ll be fine in the long-term and he’ll only miss a week but it’s enough to force him out of the Guineas unfortunately.”