from Racing Post:

If you have backed Conduit to win back-to-back Breeders' Cup Turfs, the early signs are very good indeed, as Britain's defending champion looked in magnificent shape when reacquainting himself with the Californian turf on Monday.

On a beautifully warm and sunny Santa Anita morning, Conduit, his coat positively gleaming, appeared from the racecourse's quarantine barn at 9.15am and immediately made a major impression.

Bucking, kicking and hollering for much of his fleeting excursion, the four-year-old - trimmed by William Hill to 5-4 (from 11-8) - cantered up the short home straight and delightedall who saw him, not least Sir Michael Stoute's head lad Stuart Messenger.

Also on show were stablemate Spanish Moon, who runs alongside Conduit in the Turf,and Mile hopeful Zacinto.

"I think he knows where he is," said Messenger. "In the stable this morning he was bucking, kicking and really showing his wellbeing. He definitely gets better as the season goes on and he thrives as the year develops.

"He's in great form, as are the other two horses, and all three had great flights across.

"Zacinto has only had three runs this year and hasn't travelled the world like the other two, so we're particularly pleased with how he is taking things."

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