Fast Company out of Guineas

Godophin's Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-G1) ambitions took a dent Tuesday

following the news that FAST COMPANY (Danehill Dancer) will sidestep Saturday's Newmarket

classic. Last

year's Dewhurst S. (Eng-G1) runner-up, who was set to join

IBN KHALDUN (Dubai Destination) due to the forecast rain, scoped dirty at

evening stables.

A statement on www.godolphin.com read,

"Fast Company will not run in the English 2000 Guineas following a poor blood

count which was taken at evening stables on April 29.

All plans are now on hold for the colt while he is given a period of time to

recover. Fast Company holds entries in both the Poule

d'Essai des Poulains ([Fr-G1] at Longchamp May 11) and the Irish 2000 Guineas

([Ire-G1] at The

Curragh May 24). A decision will be made at a

later date with regard to his next intended run."

Last year's Racing Post

Trophy (Eng-G1) winner Ibn Khaldun had earlier received an upbeat

bulletin from Racing Manager Simon Crisford, who told Racing Post, "Ibn Khaldun

has had a good winter. Obviously, he needs to be a

better horse than he was last year. There are various formlines that indicate he

needs to be better than he was when he was winning the

Racing Post Trophy, and we are hopeful he has improved over the course of the

winter. Rio de la Plata (Rahy) is still more likely to go to

France."

In other Guineas developments,

Andrew Balding on Tuesday gave the green light for Jeff Smith's DREAM EATER

(Night Shift) to take his part in Saturday's Two Thousand Guineas. Last year's

St Leger Two-Year-Old S. winner will be having his first run since

finishing sixth in the Middle Park S. (Eng-G1) at Newmarket in

October.

"He's got some very solid form from last year and I don't think we saw

the best of him, but he's matured tremendously well over

the winter," Balding explained. "He was a bit of a handful -- he let himself down

in the preliminaries and raced a bit keen, but he has

come back from a break and matured, which will stand him in good stead.

"He has

always had a lot of class and plenty of ability and

settles better now, so that gives him a chance of getting the mile. He's a

lively outsider and has what it takes; so as long as the ground

doesn't get too soft, he'll run a big race."