A Case Of You will find the fizz again says McGuiness

Ado McGuinness is forgiving A Case Of You's flat run in the Platinum Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot and backing him to bounce back to Group 1 glory.

The Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines winner flopped in the Ascot six furlong test, trailing home 17th out of 24 runners in the race won by Godolphin's Naval Crown.

Yet, his Irish handler reckons there were genuine excuses for A Case Of You failing to do the business in front of the Royals: "It was disappointing, but he didn't scope clean and I think he had an allergic reaction to something, possibly to the hay," said McGuinness.

"It's not the end of the world but when you see he finished in front of the first and second in Dubai - I suppose that's Group One sprinting, it's a different day.

"He's also been to Ascot twice and disappointed twice, there might be something in that. He just wasn't at the races, he wasn't happy and there was clearly something amiss, he gave a couple of coughs after as well.

"The plan was always to give him a break now in any case and then build him back up for an autumn campaign so we'll stick to that. Fingers crossed he'll be fine."

He added: "He'll be back for Irish Champions Weekend, we might give him a run somewhere before that, if not he'll have a racecourse gallop somewhere and then after that we'll be exactly the same as last year (Prix de l'Abbaye, Breeders' Cup and Dubai) and hopefully we'll hit the jackpot with one again."