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TV TIPS (SUNDAY)
The St Leger Festival draws to a close on Sunday, but there's still plenty of quality action to get stuck into as Doncaster brings the curtain down on its four-day meeting. Town Moor provides a mixture of competitive handicaps and Group-race action, while across the Irish Sea the Curragh stages another high-class card featuring some of the most exciting runners from Britain and Ireland. We preview Sunday's televised action from Doncaster and the Curragh and pick out our best

Rory Paddock
Sep 116 min read


TV TIPS (SATURDAY)
The St Leger takes centre stage on a bumper Saturday of televised racing, with Doncaster's final Classic of the season heading an excellent afternoon of action. Town Moor provides the bulk of the ITV coverage, while there are also competitive races from Chester before attention switches across the Irish Sea to Leopardstown for the Group 1 Matron Stakes. With everything from staying handicaps and competitive sprints to top-level Group 1 action on the agenda. We preview every r

Rory Paddock
Sep 116 min read


BEST OF THE REST (SATURDAY)
The St Leger understandably dominates the headlines this Saturday, but there are plenty of betting opportunities to be found away from the terrestrial television coverage. While much of the attention will be focused on the feature races from Doncaster, Racing Daily pundit Rory Paddock goes around the courses in search of some alternative selections from elsewhere on a busy afternoon and evening of Saturday racing. With picks from Bath, Doncaster, Musselburgh and Lingfield, he

Rory Paddock
Sep 113 min read


TV TIPS (FRIDAY)
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

Rory Paddock
Sep 104 min read


TV TIPS (THURSDAY)
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

Rory Paddock
Sep 93 min read


THE ANTEPOST ANGLE: ST LEGER
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

Racing Daily
Aug 272 min read
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