chased leaders, pushed along 5f out, outpaced over 3f out, rallied on outside over 1f out, driven and hung left inside final furlong, took 2nd closing stages, not reached winner
made all, driven over 1f out, kept on gamely
took keen hold, raced wide tracking leaders, chased winner towards inside over 1f out, no impression when lost 2 places closing stages
chased winner 2f, settled in 3rd, ridden inside final 3f, weakened 2f out
held up in last trio, pushed along inside final 3f, plugged on one pace final 2f
slolwly into stride, behind, some headway on wide outside final furlong
always towards rear
prominent, chased winner 6f out, ridden and dropped to 3rd over 1f out, rallied closing stages
CONDUCTING drops back in distance after a recent second at Yarmouth, but the drop in class is more pertinent as he comes out best at the weights. He should be up to landing this on today's terms and is preferred to Chilledtothebone and Sky Diamond, who have both been successful in similar company recently. Flying Phoenix has claims on the pick of her form and So Is She ran well in a handicap at Newmarket on her penultimate start. Herminella could prove best of the remainder.
Chilledtothebone 11-4fav (9-3) Keen tracked leaders, effort over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, edged left towards finish, won at Yarmouth 1m 3yo sll (6) gd beating Janet's Pearl (9-3) by nk, 6 ran.
Sky Diamond (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Leed aftaer 1f, strongly pressed over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Abidhabidubai (8-11) at Carlisle 1m 3yo clm (6) gd.
Conducting 9-4fav (8-13) Steadied start, in touch, headway to challenge winner over 1f out, looked held when short of room and hampered entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Malice Or Mischief (9-3) at Yarmouth 1m 2f 3yo clm (6) gf.
Flying Phoenix 3-1 (9-3) Took keen hold, held up, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 5th of 6, 10l behind Destiny Of Dreams (9-3) at Folkestone 1m 2f fll hcp (5) gs.
Granny Anne (IRE) 14-1 (8-8) Dwelt in rear, ridden halfway, headway 3f out, kept on, never a factor, 3rd of 8, 17l behind Piceno (9-2) at Southwell 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
So Is She (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Held up, took keen hold, not clear run over 2f out, no headway, 10th of 11, 6l behind Roman Ruler (8-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Endaxi Mana Mou 10-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 7, 18l behind Golden Creek (9-9) at Southwell 1m 3yo clm stks (6) fbs in Jul.
Herminella 11-1 (8-13) Chased leaders on inside, ridden inside final 2f, soon weakened, 6th of 10, 11l behind Red Somerset (9-12) at Kempton 1m clm stks (6) pol.