Charlton holding his breath

Roger Charlton admits a decision on whether ante-post favourite Bated Breath will take his chance in the Darley July Cup is unlikely to be made until this morning.

Beaten just half a length in the six-furlong Group One 12 months ago, a first victory at the highest level has continued to prove elusive.

The five-year-old was beaten a nose in Haydock’s Sprint Cup, a neck in a Grade One in Canada and after making a winning return in the Temple Stakes, he was narrowly beaten by Little Bridge in the King’s Stand at Royal Ascot.