Song to miss Sun Chariot

Soviet Song has been ruled out of the Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket next month.

The five-times Group One winner has a sore foot after recovering from a dirty scope she produced the week after finishing second in the Sussex Stakes.

That prevented her from going for back-to-back victories in the Marton Stakes at Leopardstown last weekend.

Because of these setbacks, trainer James Fanshawe is unable to get the Elite Racing Club-owned mare ready for the Group One at Headquarters on October 1.

And the next two weeks are crucial if Soviet Song is to go for the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Belmont Park, New York, on October 29.

“She will not be running in the Sun Chariot,” Fanshawe said.

“She coughed the week after Goodwood and it took a while to get her lungs clear.

“Last weekend’s scope was good but unfortunately at the beginning of this week we found she was sore on her off-fore foot, which is her good foot.

“As a result of all the minor setbacks we have had with her I haven’t been able to get sufficient work into her to run her on October 1.

“The original plan was to go for the Breeders’ Cup but we have had a muddly five weeks with her and I would like to see in my own mind she is really firing before we make any definite plans.

“It’s been nothing serious, just little niggly things have conspired against her.

“I would want to be 200 per cent happy with her to go for a race like the Breeders’ Cup. She has got to be in tip-top form to go for a race like that and travel across the Atlantic.

“I need to be happy in my mind she is in top form because it is an expensive trip, late in the year, and you want everything to be spot-on.

“She will tell us that and I’ll know a lot more in a fortnight.”