ELEANORA Duse gave the Ballymacoll Stud their biggest success of the season when landing a narrow victory in the www.thetote.com Blandford Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Ballymacoll Stud are prepared to let Conduit and Tartan Bearer do battle against each other in the King George And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday week.

Conduit gave supporters of Tartan Bearer a boost when swooping from last to first in the totesportcasino.com Handicap as Vodafone Derby day got underway on the Epsom Downs.