Haydock's loss could be Chantilly's gain as Limato misses out

Continual rain washed away any hope of Limato taking his chance in the 32Red Sprint Cup and ended Henry Candy's bid to land a clean sweep of Britain's Group 1 all-aged six-furlong races.

The July Cup winner had been announced an intended runner only earlier in the week, after reportedly thriving following his second in the Nunthorpe at York just a fortnight earlier.

But when he was declared on Thursday, instead of Diamond Jubilee Stakes-winning stablemate Twilight Son, his trainer stressed he would not run if the word 'soft' appeared in the going description.