Setback rules Sous out of Royal Ascot Pique Sous has been ruled out of the Ascot Gold Cup due to a setback. A winner at the meeting last year for the Supreme Racing Club and Willie Mullins, the eight-year-old was being prepared for a crack at the showpiece event. However, the injury-plagued grey has met with another hiccup. Racing manager Steve Massey said: "We're absolutely gutted. I only saw him last week and he looked a million dollars. "It's nothing serious, not career-threatening or anything, he just needs box rest. It's a different injury to the one he had before. "He's our flagship horse and for our members to have a runner in the Ascot Gold Cup was the stuff of dreams. "We were all looking forward to it so much and I'd only booked my hotel yesterday. "He'll be back, it just sums racing up. We had a winner at Punchestown last week and now this happens. "He might be eight but he's got low mileage."
