GOLDEN Horn, acclaimed the best colt in Europe, was missing from the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, due to unsuitable ground.

Trainer, John Gosden, walked the track declaring it soft, 35mm had fallen the previous evening, he decided to pull up stumps.

Most likely the colt will go to York for next months’ Juddmonte International, that is about as far as his program extends at this point of time.

“It is very frustrating” said John Gosden “ the horse is in superb form, it was a race that we were keen on looking at his form, but you cannot afford to take risks,”he added.