Gosden's Laurel to miss rest of the campaign

High-class filly Laurel will be sidelined for the remainder of the season due to the injury that prevented her from participating at Royal Ascot.

Laurel, the lightly-raced daughter of Kingman trained by John and Thady Gosden, was originally set to compete in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at the royal meeting. However, she was withdrawn at the last minute after experiencing a setback the weekend before her intended race.

Initially, there were hopes for a quick return, targeting the Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket later this week. Unfortunately, it has become evident that the injury is more severe than initially anticipated. As a result, the decision has been made to keep the Group One-placed filly on the sidelines for the rest of the current racing campaign.

“Unfortunately she is going to miss the rest of the season,” explained Barry Mahon, European racing manager for owners Juddmonte.

“Initially it looked like it was going to be an insignificant thing, but it turned out to be a bit more than we thought.

“She’s on her way back to the farm for a rest, she definitely won’t run again this season and it is to be decided whether she stays in training next year or not.

“She’s a very lightly-raced filly and John and Thady both said to me last week they would love to keep her in training next year.

“She’s a high-class filly who could win a Group One and she’s only run five times in her life so I can sort of understand their point and maybe that is the right thing to do. But we will speak with Prince Khalid’s family and see what they would like to do and unfortunately she won’t be running again this season.”