Dermot Weld: Forgotten Rules’ Gold Cup bid hinges on Ascot ground

Dermot Weld reports ante-post favourite Forgotten Rules to be in top form ahead of the Gold Cup but emphasised he will only run his classy stayer at Royal Ascot if the ground is suitable.

Should the ground be on the firm side, then Weld would pull the talented but lightly-raced five-year-old out of the stayers’ championship on Thursday week.

Forgotten Rules took his unbeaten record to four when giving 5lb and a length-and-a-quarter beating to Answered in the Vintage Crop Stakes, named after Weld’s 1993 Melbourne Cup winner, at Navan last month.