Green Destiny, one of the leading contenders for Wednesday’s Royal Hunt Cup, is set to miss the mile handicap.

Trainer William Haggas instead plans to run the four-year-old in the Listed Wolferton Handicap on Friday.

“We have decided to withdraw Green Destiny tomorrow as I consider the ground could be too fast for him and he will not be as effective over that distance on fastish ground,” said Haggas.

“His owner, Saleh Al Homaizi, is very conscious of the fact that the horse is and has been one of the favourites for the race for a long time but has accepted my view that running him over 10 furlongs in the Wolferton Handicap on Friday is more suitable for the horse, especially with rain forecast.