Kismah stamped herself a decent prospect with a convincing victory in the Bonusprint Fillies' Conditions Stakes at Ascot yesterday.

Hamdan Al-Maktoum's filly forged clear in the final furlong to easily defeat Brave Kris by two and a half lengths.

The well-backed favourite Emplane drifted badly left in the final furlong, hampering the winner, before fading disappointingly to finish fourth.

Kismah came back with a bad cut to her hind-leg and her trainer Alex Stewart was keeping his fingers crossed that the damage was superficial.

He has ambitiously entered the daughter of Machiavellian for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, a Group One event, over the course and distance next month.

"She has a most wonderful pedigree - she comes from the family of Singspiel - and she's been working well at home but it will be up to the owner where she goes next," said Stewart.

Double Oscar left David Nicholls rueing the gelding's unfortunate absence from last Saturday's Stewards' Cup. The 10 to 1 co-favourite quickened in great style to lead inside the final furlong and defeat High Carry by one length in the Rennie Deflatine Handicap.

But the winning prize-money of £5,808 was paltry compensation to Nicholls who was convinced that Double Oscar would have won the £80,000 Stewards' Cup if he had had the opportunity.

Nicholls was told that Double Oscar had been granted the last place in the 30-runner field for the Goodwood handicap but an hour later the horse was ruled out by Weatherbys. Owing to computer error Ansellman had been left out of the race and after an appeal by connections he was re-instated at Double Oscar's expense.

The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Joe Walsh, and Noel Ryan, Chief Executive of the IHA, were among those at a pre-race function to announce details of a new £500,000 development at Kilbeggan last night.