Champion stayer Yeats was eased out of the G1 Irish St Leger on Saturday and his immediate future is under a cloud.  Yeats was prominent in the early stages behind Godolphin front-runner Schiaparelli but came under pressure well before the field balanced up in the straight.

The Sadler’s Wells stallion, who is a rising nine year-old, was coming off a record-breaking fourth Ascot Gold Cup (G1) triumph but was tailed off 60 lengths in Ireland.

Mick Kinane, who partnered Yeats in the 2007 Ascot Gold Cup, won the St Leger on Alandi (Galileo) for the Aga Khan and trainer John Oxx.

“It was a no go day for Yeats,” jockey Seamie Heffernan said.  “He just doesn’t exert himself on soft ground.  I eased him when all hope had gone.”

Yeats was due to start in the G1 Prix du Cadran at Longchamp on Arc de Triomphe day but Ballydoyle trainer Aidan O’Brien said connections will wait and see how he pulls up before thinking about France.

Dermot Weld’s Melbourne Cup hope Profound Beauty (Danehill) finished a distant fourth in the Curragh classic.