WAR ARTIST, who was as short as 10-1 for next Friday's Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes, has been ruled out of the race, trainer James Eustace has revealed.
The five-year-old, who was placed in the Golden Jubilee Stakes and July Cup in his last two outings, had previous form at York when finishing second to Assertive in the Duke of York Stakes.
"The connections have decided to give the Nunthorpe a miss and leave him for a possible run in the Sprint Cup at Haydock," said Eustace.
"We are aiming for a foreign campaign in the later half of the year so if we decide he needs a bit longer, he might give Haydock a miss too.
"The horse is absolutely fine but he's been on the go since Wolverhampton in March and we've had such a good run, so we decided to give him a holiday after the July Cup.
"We are looking at the Global Sprint Challenge races and thinking about running in Melbourne at the Spring Carnival meeting.
"The Hong Kong Sprint in December is also a possible target."
Would be great to see it meet J.J. ???????
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