The St Leger Festival continues at Doncaster on Friday, with five races shown live on ITV and plenty of competitive action to get stuck into. The two-year-olds once again take centre stage early on, while the Leger Legends provides its usual mix of familiar faces and big-priced possibilities. Group-race action follows later on the card, with some high-class performers taking to the Town Moor track. We preview all five televised races and pick out our best bets for day two of

The two-year-olds take a good chunk of the limelight on the opening day of Doncaster's St Leger meeting, with three of the five live races featuring the youngsters as we preview every race shown live on ITV this Thursday. 13:15 DONCASTER A third-place finish behind the impressive Sun Goddess at York looks among the strongest pieces of form on offer, and that gives Speed Of Sound obvious claims on her handicap debut. Richard Spencer's filly should find this a slightly easier a

Alan Morris heads to both Epsom and Doncaster for his best bets of the day this Thursday. 16:52 EPSOM A few of these have shown their best already this year in lower grades and are looking a little exposed at the back end of the season. Royal Bodyguard should be in the mix but Wild Dahlia looks to have more potential to progress beyond this grade and the early favourite. The 3yo filly can be forgiven a disappointment on softish going over further around Hamilton from a wide

After pinpointing the first three home in the Ebor Handicap, John Arnold returns with two worth following in the final classic of the season as he dissects the St Leger. History: The St Leger Stakes, inaugurated in 1776, is the oldest Classic horse race in the world, held annually at Doncaster Racecourse. Established by Colonel Anthony St Leger as a way to promote horse racing in the area, the race was originally planned as a local event but quickly gained popularity, becomi