Conquest considered for Epsom
Casual Conquest's owners have indicated they are prepared to pay the £75,000 to supplement their colt for the Vodafone Derby - should trainer Dermot Weld give his seal of approval.
The six-length winner of the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown leapt to the top of the betting with some firms in a currently cloudy Epsom picture. Weld did not enter Casual Conquest in the Derby at an earlier stage, preferring at the weekend to pinpoint the French or Irish equivalents as more probable options.
Stan Cosgrove, the manager of owners Moyglare Stud Farm, said: "He still has his options open and it's a possibility to go to Epsom, but he's just had the two runs and he might just be a little inexperienced. We'll see how everything goes for a while - we only need to supplement him four days before the race."
Reflecting on Leopardstown, Cosgrove continued: "He annihilated them. He's a great big horse and that was only his first run of the year.
"It's really up to the trainer and the jockey (to make a decision about supplementing). Regarding the money, there's no problem with that."
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