Main Aim is likely to be given a short break after finishing last of the eight runners in the Betfair Cup at Goodwood on Tuesday.
The four-year-old was sent off a red-hot favourite for the Group Two contest having previously filled the runner-up spot in the July Cup. But having raced prominently, he faded tamely in the straight.
"Main Aim was fine the next day and he probably just had a harder race in the July Cup than we thought, I think that would be the main thing," said Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah.
"The fact that he banged his head on the stalls didn't necessarily help, but I don't think that was the only thing. We'll probably give him a bit of a break now and bring him back for the Sprint Cup at Haydock."