Jim Bolger’s Verbal Dexterity ruled out of Saturday’s Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket racecourse

VERBAL DEXTERITY will miss Saturday's Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.

Jim Bolger has had to skip the race with his promising two-year-old but is still hoping to run him again this season.

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Bolger told Press Association Sport: "His scope wasn't clean this morning.

"We'll be looking at the race in Saint-Cloud (Criterium International) and the Racing Post Trophy in Doncaster."

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