French 2000 Guineas hero Rayif (Sea The Moon) will not take part in the G1 St James's Palace Stakes as he is not 100%, according to Aga Khan Studs' racing manager Nemone Routh.A winner of the G3 Prix Francois Boutin and third in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at two, the Francis-Henri Graffard trainee was a smart winner of the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains in May. He will not take on the English and Irish 2000 Guineas winners Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder) and Gstaad (Starspangledbanner), respectively, on opening day of Royal Ascot. The G1 Prix Jean Prat has been floated as a new target for the Aga Khan Studs' homebred.Routh said, “It is nothing serious it is just that overnight he didn't eat up and then this morning he had a mild temperature so we felt we couldn't put him on the truck tonight because he was due to leave with Rayevka [(Blue Point) runs in the King Charles III Stakes].“He is sound, he's got no issues it is just that this has fallen at the wrong time. If he hadn't had to be shipped tonight we might have declared and see how he was in the morning but because he had to get on a truck tonight we just felt it wasn't the right thing to do for the horse so Francis decided not to declare him.“She goes [Rayevka] and everyone else is fine. We think it is pretty minor and if it is we will reroute him to something like the Jean Prat or something like that [at Deauville on July 12].”The St James's Palace Stakes will feature the aforementioned Guineas winners, as well as Charlie Appleby's Talk Of New York (Wootton Bassett).Bow Echo's trainer George Boughey decided to skip bidding for a second Guineas and explained, “He was doing a nice piece of work on the Friday morning some horses were shipping over to Ireland and having a hard race, so he's been able to build up and hopefully peak on Tuesday.“It's a long game with this horse, I hope. He's a horse who is going to keep on improving, there's big days ahead of him and I had more confidence of having him right for Ascot by not going to Ireland.“I would have fancied him on the day knowing how he worked on the Friday morning, but I thought for the longevity of the horse it was more important that he had the break.”Besides Gstaad, Aidan O'Brien also runs Puerto Rico (Wootton Bassett), a dual Group 1 winner as a juvenile last season. Robson de Aguiar's Power Blue (Space Blues) and Lord Britain (Universal), who is trained by Ismail Mohammed and Jose Santos, have also been declared.The post Rayif To Miss St James’s Palace Stakes, As Six Go Forward appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.