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Phoenix Stakes winner Bucanero Fuerte will not be seen again this season and holds Guineas entries for next year.

A comfortable four length winner of the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh in mid-August, the Amo Racing-owned juvenile was disappointing when third of four in the Group 1 National Stakes at the same track.

He raced keenly under jockey Kevin Stott and was unable to find a response when ridden with two furlongs to go. The colt finished twelve-and-a-half lengths behind the winner Henry Longfellow.

A son of Coolmore's Wootton Bassett, the colt is a full-brother to Prix de l'Abbaye winner Wooded and is not certain to stay the Guineas trip.

"Nothing came to light, it just looked to me like it was a race too many for him," said trainer Adrian Murray.

"He's on a break now, he won't run again until next year. I've given him an entry in the Irish Guineas and he'll also get entered in the English Guineas.

"Hopefully he'll have a prep run before going for one of those.

"He was beaten way too far out for it to be the trip, he was beaten before halfway, he never really travelled in the race.

"In all his other races he'd travelled so strongly but it was always going to probably happen because he's a big colt, immature, and it was just a race too many really.

"He's had five races now so he's got plenty of experience at two if we're thinking of a Guineas. That's the plan anyway."