Her participation had been in some doubt after she pulled up quickly on finishing her work-out on Wednesday when she appeared to tie up behind.

Her work on Thursday was restricted to a hack canter while a blood test yesterday revealed that her level of enzymes were abnormally high.

There has been a slight improvement in her condition today but, although she is not clinically unsound, Libaud decided in the best interests of the mare to withdraw her.

A similar occurrence happened on her previous two starts in Hong Kong when she was third in the Hong Kong Cup in December and before she won the Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba in March.

But in both instances there was time for her to prove her fitness by resuming exercise.

Terre A Terre had been put in at 6-1 in the morning line for the third leg of the World Series Racing Championship behind the 7-2 favourite, Godolphin’s Grandera, the mount of Frankie Dettori.

Her late defection reduces the field to 13 and also the size of the European contingent to just two - Britain’s Hawkeye, trained at Newmarket by Michael Jarvis, and German raider Paolini.

Godolphin’s two runners, Grandera and Atlantis Prince, are classed as representing the United Arab Emirates.