Luxembourg needs up to six weeks to recover from a training setback suffered last Friday – and will miss the Cazoo Derby at Epsom on June 4.
The Aidan O’Brien-trained son of Camelot was cut to 2-1 favourite for Epsom after a staying-on third in the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket nine days ago. But Luxembourg was pushed out to 6-1 for the principal Classic after suffering lameness to his off-hind leg after exercise on Friday.
And O’Brien, whose vets ran a series of tests to unearth the cause of the problem, ruled Luxembourg out of the Derby today. “It revealed that he had to have a month’s box rest – six weeks’ box rest – to let it heal, and there was no contest then to do the right thing about the horse,” said the Ballydoyle trainer.
