Weld mulling Casual Conquest options

Dermot Weld has reiterated that no decision regarding Casual Conquest’s participation in the Vodafone Derby will be made in the immediate future.

The Hernando colt is the general 7-2 market-leader for the June 7 contest after trouncing his rivals in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial earlier in the month.

However, he will need to be supplemented at a cost of £75,000 if he is to line up at Epsom and connections are keen to bide their time.

Weld said: “I won’t make a decision at the moment as there is no pressure to make a decision, we’re not entered in the race.

“In my opinion the entry system is wrong. It’s not to do with the supplementing but with the entry stages and the payments.

“We’ll wait and see how he works next week. There’s no urgency, there’s no rush.

“He’s in the French Derby and he’s a big horse, he’s 16.3 hands and he’s only run twice. We’ll review everything and see how he is next week.”

Weld will also wait before making a decision as to whether his exciting filly Chinese White heads to Epsom for a crack at the Juddmonte Oaks.

Unlike her stablemate, the daughter of Dalakhani is entered in the Classic but also has alternative options and was initially described as an unlikely runner.

“Again, there is no definite decision with her and all I said was that she was unlikely to go,” Weld told At The Races.

“She works next week and then we’ll make a call.”