Kalanisi has sustained a hairline crack to his near-fore shin, trainer Michael Stoute revealed yesterday. Last season's Breeders' Cup Turf hero finished 2 1/2 lengths second to Fantastic Light in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday, after occupying third spot behind the same horse in the Tattersalls Gold Cup in Ireland last month.

"It is not a good time of year for this to happen," said Stoute. As well as his famous victory at Churchill Downs, the Aga Khan's colt also landed the Dubai Champion Stakes as well as running Giant's Causeway desperately close in the Juddmonte International and Coral-Eclipse Stakes.

Meanwhile, after teetering on the brink of collapse for over a week the £307million deal for racing's media rights finally looked set to be given the go ahead yesterday.

The British Horseracing Board have accepted an amended version of the contract, which had been the result of two years' negotiations between the Racecourse Association and the Go Racing consortium of Channel 4, BSkyB and racecourse ownership group Arena Leisure.