Cutlass Bay to miss rest of season.

Byline: Desmond Stoneham

SHEIKH MOHAMMED'S Cutlass Bay will miss the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, for which he was a toppriced 16-1, after sustaining an injury during training that has ruled him out for the remainder of the year.

Connections hope the setback will not end his career and that the unbeaten three-year-old will be back racing in 2010.

In May the Andre Fabre-trained son of Halling took the Group 2 Prix Greffulhe from the same owner's Cavalryman, who went on to win the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris in style.

Both colts are by Halling and Cavalryman may well be aimed at the Qatar-sponsored Arc, for which he will need to be supplemented at a cost of EUR100,000 on October 1, with a run beforehand in the Prix Niel.

Exciting two-year-old Eightfold Path will not bid to emulate his illustrious dam Divine Proportions in the Group 1 Darley Prix Morny on August 23.

The Niarchos family's juvenile impressed when winning on his debut at Deauville last Saturday, but will not return to the track for the EUR350,000 6f event that Divine Proportions won in 2004, the last time a French-trained horse won the Morny.

Trainer Pascal Bary, who also looked after five-time Group 1 winner Divine Proportions, will now aim Eightfold Path at a 7f conditions race at Longchamp on September 13.