November Handicap 2013 Results: Doncaster Winner, Payouts and Order of Finish

Conduct lived up to his Doncaster billing this weekend and raced to a hotly tipped victory in the November Handicap, the first time that trainer William Haggas has won the event.

It was only the 6-year-old's third run of 2013 and his sixth career run overall, but a light workload worked in favour of the winning team, who came into Saturday's meet as one of the favourites.

From a field of 23, it was always going to be an open race over the one-mile-and-a-furlong distance, soft conditions also playing their role in the Doncaster drama.

Rio's Rosanna and Open Eagle came just behind in second and third, respectively, with a full rundown of the results and rewards below.

Position	Horse	Payout
1	Conduct	£40,462.50
2	Rio's Rosanna	£12,116.00
3	Open Eagle	£6,058.00
4	Bohemian Rhapsody	£3,029.00
5	Communicator	£1,514.50
6	Swnymor	£760.50
7	Nicholascopernicus
8	Awake My Soul
9	Twelve Strings
10	Hi There
11	Aiken
12	Kiama Bay
13	Cashpoint
14	Ex Oriente
15	Highland Castle
16	Border Legend
17	Cousin Khee
18	Rhombus
19	Forgotten Hero
20	Itlaaq
21	Lahaag
22	Nearly Caught
23	Shrewd

Conduct Calm and Composed

Considering it was the last race of Britain's turf flat season, this year's November Handicap was again likely to be influenced by the wet conditions.

If there's any factor in the sprint that's likely to influence a favourite's chances of living up to expectations, it's the weather, and this week's Doncaster meet was no different.

Having been very lightly run in the build-up to this race, experienced Conduct was always likely to figure in the final straight. But he wasn't in his strongest form, having not won a race since 2010.

That being said, Seb Sanders had a brilliant ride and built upon his win aboard Graphic at Nottingham during the week, judging the conditions and tempo of the race with some security.

With that, Conduct takes home a prize pot of more than £40,000, and Haggas adds another prestigious piece to his mantle.

Rhombus Looking Out of Shape

Challenging Conduct as the favourite to win this year's Handicap, Rhombus came to Doncaster in decent form, placing in the top four of six of her last eight runs, winning three of those.

However, the 3-year-old gelding was only able to muster an 18th-place finish on Saturday and will have disappointed trainer Ismail Mohammed.

Another who will have been left feeling uneasy about the result is jockey Silvestre De Sousa, who's already won two British majors this year and should really have challenged more this weekend.

It's now up for debate as to what the immediate future holds for the young filly, who will need to bounce back quickly from such a poor outing, the soft ground obviously not to her liking.