Defeated Arcano to miss Guineas

Brian Meehan's colt had won the Prix Morny last season in an unbeaten juvenile campaign and much was expected of him this campaign. But he was well beaten in the Greenham behind the Richard Hannon-trained duo of Dick Turpin and Canford Cliffs.

Owner Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's racing manager Angus Gold said: "He won't run in the English Guineas and we'll give him a bit longer. He'll either go for the Irish and the French Guineas or we may even wait until Ascot in June.

"I think Arcano needed it mentally more than physically."

Meanwhile, Ralph Beckett feels he has to run Puff in the StanJames.com 1000 Guineas following her victory at Newbury on Saturday.

The Whitsbury trainer admitted being surprised she stayed the seven furlongs so well in the Dubai Duty Free Stakes at the weekend.

"There was nothing in her pedigree that said she would get seven, never mind a mile, but she clearly outstayed them on Saturday.

"We look like we are going to Newmarket and if the ground's fast that would be on our side," said Beckett.

The pick of this week's racing can be found over the Irish sea, and Henry de Bromhead's Arkle winner Sizing Europe will face ten rivals as he tackles more experienced horses in the Boylesports.com Champion Chase on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival.

The eight-year-old is unbeaten over fences, but among the high-class opposition is Tom Cooper's Forpadydeplaster and Ferdy Murphy's Kalahari King.

With still two months to go, the signs are that Musselburgh Ladies Day, on Friday, 18 June, has sold 4,000 tickets and is heading for a fourth successive sell-out.

Monkerhostin, winner of the bet365 Gold Cup two years ago, is among 38 confirmations for Saturday's Sandown feature.

Viewed, the 2008 Melbourne Cup winner, has died. Bart Cummings horse was put down on Saturday after complications from a twisted bowel.