Modena aimed at Victoria Cup Toby Balding`s high-class handicapper Duke of Modena is to be aimed at the Victoria Cup at Ascot next month after being ruled out of his intended reappearance at Newmarket today The trainer reported today that the four-year-old was found to be lame at morning stables. 'He wasn`t sound this morning, hopefully it`s nothing too serious, he may just have been over-shod,' Balding said. 'The plan was to go for the Victoria Cup after today`s race so I think we`ll probably get him ready to just go straight to Ascot now.'
