Limato unlikely to reappear at Haydock

Limato, as short as 11-4 with Ladbrokes in ante-post betting on Haydock’s Sprint Cup next month, is unlikely to contest the Group 1 as trainer Henry Candy believes the four-year-old needs plenty of time between his races.

A gallant two-length runner-up to Mecca’s Angel in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York last Friday when underfoot conditions went against him, Limato could reappear in the the seven-furlong Prix de la Foret at Chantilly over Arc weekend in October – a race in which he finished second to Make Believe in 2015 – before a tilt at the Breeders’ Cup.

"All is good," said Candy, who is set to be represented by last year's winner Twilight Son at Haydock. "He came out of York very well, but the Haydock race [September 3] will come too soon for him. He doesn’t operate when races come that close together.