Unbeaten juvenile No Nay Never is unlikely to run again this year as his American trainer Wesley Ward targets a return to Royal Ascot in 2014.

No Nay Never broke the two-year-old track record with a brilliant display in the Norfolk Stakes.

The juvenile then returned to Europe and carried the Coolmore colours for the first time to clinch Group One honours in the Prix Morny at Deauville earlier this month.

With next summer's St James's Palace Stakes top of the colt's agenda, Ward feels he would benefit from a break before being brought back into training later in the year in preparation for a three-year-old campaign.

"He is in beautiful shape and came back from Deauville looking absolutely fantastic," Ward said.

"He has done quite a bit already this year and I would hate to push the envelope with him.

"I think we are going to give him a couple of months in the field here in Ashford in Lexington.

"At the moment we are thinking of the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot next year and working backwards from there.

"That might seem a long way off, but, in the great scheme of things, next year actually isn't all that far away and I have had success previously when you have a target in your mind."

Although No Nay Never has yet to encounter a distance beyond six furlongs (1200m) in his three starts to date, Ward has no doubt the mile (1600m) of the St James's Palace Stakes will not be a problem.

"The St James's Palace is a very prestigious and important race in Europe. It's an important stallions' race and I think that is an attainable target for him," he said.