'We’re just not very happy with him' - Ante-post favourite Real Gain scratched from Cambridgeshire

Ante-post favourite Real Gain has been scratched from Saturday’s bet365 Cambridgeshire (3.40). 

The four-year-old had been the 12-1 market leader with the race sponsor for the £175,000 event but has been taken out of the Newmarket Heritage Handicap by trainer Richard Hughes.

Real Gain won three of his first four starts including when justifying 11-4 favouritism over the Cambridgeshire course and distance, scoring by five and a half lengths in a handicap at the same meeting last year.

The son of Profitable was gelded after finishing fifth in the Group 3 Darley Stakes and was tenth on his seasonal debut in the Spring Cup at Newbury.

Wathnan Racing purchased the then 101-rated performer prior to Royal Ascot where he beat only one of his 28 rivals in the Royal Hunt Cup. Hughes had no explanation for the poor form displayed by the 9-1 shot who was last seen finishing ninth in the Chesterfield Cup at Glorious Goodwood.

Real Gain has slipped to a mark of 97 but will not attempt to secure back-to-back wins at the Cambridgeshire meeting.

Hughes, who won the race as a rider on Cap Juluca for Roger Charlton in 1995, said: “We’re just not very happy with him so I can’t run.”

John and Thady Gosden's Roi De France is the new 8-1 general favourite of the 53 remaining in contention for the race after Monday's confirmation stage. The Emmet Mullins-trained This Songisforyou and 2022 winner Majestic are other notable potential runners. 

Wathnan will likely still have big-race representation across the three-day meeting, which gets under way on Thursday, with Queen Mary winner Leovanni among the confirmations for the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes.

bet365 Cambridgeshire (3.40)

Liberty Lane
Teumessias Fox
Perotto
Coeur D'Or
Dual Identity
Take Heart
La Trinidad
Norwalk Havoc
Balmacara
Penzance
Silent Film
Lion of War
Silver Sword
Toimy Son
Godwinson
This Songisforyou
Ron O
Bopedro
Love De Vega
Andaleep
Watcha Matey
James McHenry
Mr King
Tolstoy
Bennetot
Navagio
Empirestateofmind
Theoryofeverything
Roi De France
Majestic
Rathgar
Under Siege
Dutch Decoy
Look Back Smiling
Simply Sondheim
Crack Shot
Great Acclaim
Paddy The Squire
Kilt
Dashing Darcey
Mythical Guest
Waiting All Night
Ebt's Guard
Poniros
Siempre Arturo
Zozimus
Magic Memories
Orandi
Newsreader
Alpha Crucis
Graignes
Maso Bastie
City Of Delight

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