Richard Fahey reports Wootton Bassett to have returned home "very stiff" following his no-show at Royal Ascot last week.
The Iffraaj colt enjoyed a fantastic juvenile campaign, winning each of his five starts, but the sparkle has not been there on his two appearances this season.
He was beaten into fifth when favourite for the French 2000 Guineas and while improvement was expected ahead of the St James's Palace Stakes, he ran even more disappointingly, trailing home a well-beaten seventh of nine.
"He came back very stiff and he's on the easy list again I`m afraid," said Fahey.
"It was a disappointing run and everyone knows the horse has had one or two little issues.
"He'll only be doing light jogging for the next couple of weeks and we'll see where we are. We'll try and get him back.
"Ascot is a funny track in some ways and horses either love it or they hate it. Even when the ground is soft, horses come back home not right sometimes, so I don't know what it is.
"We'll take our time with him and try and bring him back on a bit of soft ground somewhere."
He is in no rush to make plans for Barefoot Lady after she turned in another fine performance to finish third in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.
The three-year-old flew home to land the Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket on her first start of the year and she did her connections proud when fifth in the 1000 Guineas next time out.
She was beaten just a head when tackling 10 furlongs for the first time in the Musidora Stakes and gave her all for Kieren Fallon on Friday to pick up minor honours behind the French fillies Immortal Verse and Nova Hawk.
Fahey said: "She's come out of the race grand and we're delighted with her. She's just so tough and never runs a bad race.
"She was staying on well at the end, making you think she could go back up to a mile and a quarter, but I just thought she'd got to the end of her elastic band over that trip in the Musidora at York.
"We'll just see how she is over the next couple of weeks and make some plans, but I've got nothing in mind at the moment."
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