Favourite highly unlikely to run after setback

Sacred Act, the subject of sustained ante-post support for Saturday's Betfred Cambridgeshire throughout the week, is "highly unlikely" to run in the race after being found to be stiff, trainer John Gosden has revealed.

The five-year-old had been as short as 11-2 as punters latched on to the fact he was officially 3lb well-in for the competitive handicap.

Sacred Act did not make his debut until three, which he won, before finishing fifth of eight in the Esher Cup and not being seen again on a racecourse until the following spring. He raced twice at four, again with both runs coming in the month of April, finishing last on his first start before finishing half a length behind a then 91-rated Lightning Spear in an all-weather handicap at Lingfield when in receipt of just 3lb.