Shamardal suffering sore shins

Shamardal is unlikely to run in the Kentucky Derby after coming out of last weekend’s run in Dubai with sore shins.

Godolphin had been at a loss to explain the three-year-old’s display in the UAE Derby, where he finished an extremely disappointing ninth behind stablemate Blues And Royals.

Shamardal was making his debut for Godolphin, having built up a big reputation as a juvenile with Mark Johnson on the back of three scintillating performances, including when winning the Dewhurst Stakes.

“Shamardal is slightly shin-sore, but otherwise seems very perky,” Simon Crisford, Godolphin’s racing manager, told the Racing Post.

“We will keep an eye on him and give him plenty of time to recoefore we decide what plans to make for him.”

Crisford also yals will go straight for the Kentucky Derby without another run.