Zawraq has been ruled out of Saturday’s Investec Derby at Epsom after the lameness he showed earlier this week re-surfaced after a routine canter this morning. The Hamdan Al Maktoum-owned colt was in effect having a fitness test after it looked like he was winning the race to be fit. It is a blow to trainer Dermot Weld and jockey Pat Smullen, who felt Zawraq was his best ever chance of winning the race. Angus Gold, racing manager for Sheik Hamdan, said: 'It's bad news. He did a bit of work this morning and moved beautifully under Pat Smullen, but by the time he got back to the yard he was definitely not right again.Zawraq pulled out of Investec Derby after going lameThe Hamdan Al Maktoum-owned colt was third-favourite for the raceZawraq had been prominent in the ante-post betting lists for the Derby
_ engaged in promising light exercise on Wednesday, further fuelling the optimism, but connections were forced to draw stumps after the horse cantered on Thursday morning.