Conduit, who was the winner of last year’s St. Leger and Breeder’s Cup Turf hero, is now expected to return to try his luck in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

Peter Reynolds, the racing manager to Ballymacoll Stud mentioned that they were very happy with his run and always knew that this was a horse that would give his best later in the season. In fact, he has beaten most horses pretty well, but more recently has just been beaten by two good horses on the day.

And so at the moment it appears as if they are aiming at trying Conduit at King George next month, where they expect the mile and a half to be the optimum distance for their charge. Meanwhile, trainer Rae Guest is really anticipating seeing his hero of the stable, Serious Attitude return to the track in the Group Three Cuisine de France Summer Stakes at York on Friday.

As a juvenile, this three year old remained unbeaten in three starts, and has tasted Group One success before – and in so doing set a high standard which will need to be maintained.

The tough step up in standard showed recently however, and while she was the favorite for the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, she ended up seventh in latter stages despite running well at the start.

Consistency is the key and it will be interesting to see how Rae Guest’s little star does when running more races at a higher level.