#St. Leger Festival

Every September, crowds flock to Doncaster Racecourse to experience the four-day Cazoo St Leger Festival; one of the premier sporting occasion of the Autumn Calendar. Culminating in the Cazoo St Leger Stakes on the Saturday, this historic race- and has been won by some legendary horses and jockeys through the decades. This year, it takes place…

1901 total views, 1901 views today Cousin Shay, who was priced at 12/1 before the start of the Dundalk seven-furlong handicap race, ended up coming from two furlongs behind at the back of the pack to win the race in emphatic style. Cousin Shay was ridden by jockey Conor Hoban who couldn't be happier with the result. In second place was Lion Ring…

Having missed most of the season, the son of Frankel made light work of a belated return to the track in a Doncaster conditions race during the St Leger Festival, but the real test of whether he retained all of his ability came in the Champion Stakes at Ascot, where the four-year-old faced the mammoth task of taking on Baaeed.

channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing The 1m 4f November Handicap at Doncaster brings the curtain down on the British Flat turf horse racing season. It's one of the big betting races on Saturday, 6 November this year (2:40). A typically wide-open renewal of the middle-distance handicap, sponsored by Virgin Bet, sees many in with…

Fillies are in the spotlight Thursday on Day 2 of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster. Here are a couple longshots to keep an eye on in the day's two Group offerings. The odds on favorite Dance in the Grass have shortened considerably to around even-money for this juvenile filly event over one mile, and for understandable reasons. She's beaten two…

THE Doncaster St Leger Festival kicks off on Wednesday. And punters who love backing a shorty to do the business will be in clover throughout the week. There look a few good things over the four days - on paper, at least. Here, Sun Racing takes a look at some of the supposed bankers and assesses whether they really can justify their…

Busy day of racing on Saturday as ITV cram in three Group 3 races, a Group 2 and of course the Ayr Gold Cup (1540). Here's a quick snapshot of Planet Sport's hot tips, with a bit of extra detail on our highlighted horses below that. You can follow all the latest racecards and results using our live centres at Ayr and Newbury. Selections: 13:20…

I'm sitting writing to you from North Yorkshire. I'm on my travels for Sky Sports Racing and have tied it in with a trip to visit my good friends, Jedd and Andrea O'Keeffe, who train racehorses on the edge of Middleham. As I type, I can hear the morning routines of a racing yard as the horses are fed before dawn, it's a comforting and familiar…

The St. Leger Festival is one of the oldest classic horse race events in the world. For more than 400 years the St. Leger Festival has been run. Created in 1776, St. Leger is circled on the horse racing calendar each year for fans of the sport. This year's St. Leger Festival is off and running. The four-day horse racing festival began on Wednesday,…

The ITV Racing team will be at Doncaster on Friday afternoon with five live races from day three of the St Leger Festival at the Town Moor course. The broadcast is on air from 1.10-4.00pm on ITV3, with the Group 2 Doncaster Cup among the day's highlights, and our expert has race-by-race selections for the terrestrial action on Friday. Enda…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Doncaster Cup 2022 is the main draw on the third day of the St Leger Festival on Town Moor this Friday and all eyes will be on Trueshan, who dominates the betting. The Alan King-trained 5 year-old looks to have a clear path this year with the two-time winner Stradivarius bypassing…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage This Thursday, 8 September, the horse racing NAP of the Day for SportsLens experts is Eshaada. She contests the extended 1m 6f Park Hill Stakes, the feature Group 2 on the second day of Doncaster's St Leger Festival (3:10). Roger Varian's filly appeals at a terrific 13/8 price this afternoon. The…

The St Leger Festival moves into its second day at Doncaster with two quality Group Two contests headlining Thursday's card, all live on Sky Sports Racing. A quality field of 10 lines up in the Group Two Cazoo May Hill Stakes (2.35), a race won last year by superstar Inspiral. Of this year's potential world beaters, the standout is Mark Johnston's…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The horse racing NAP of the Day with SportsLens tipsters on Wednesday, 7 September, is Tedham in the staying handicap chase at Uttoxeter (3:15). Our experts' next best bet, meanwhile, is German raider Novemba in the 7f Group 3 Sceptre Fillies' Stakes on the opening day of Doncaster's St Leger…

Doncaster's St Leger Festival kicks off in style on Wednesday with the Group Three Sceptre Stakes and the must-watch Leger Legends charity race, all live on Sky Sports Racing. The first of nine Group contests to look forward to during St Leger week on Town Moor, the Group Three Japan Racing Association Sceptre Fillies' Stakes (3.35) offers a…

It's day one of the St Leger festival at Doncaster on Wednesday with some competitive action taking place on Town Moor throughout the afternoon. There's alternative racing today from Uttoxeter, Carlisle, Cork and Kempton Park and we preview all the action here and pick out some of the most eye-catching naps from our host of racing tipsters…

SUN Racing goes in search of some big winners on day one of the Doncaster St Leger Festival. Read on for our top tips and back a horse by clicking their odds below. Specials Tote: Bet £5 get £20 in free bets - CLAIM HERE William Hill: Bet £10 Get £30 in free bets - CLAIM HERE Betfair: Bet £10 Get £30 - CLAIM HERE Paddy Power: Bet £20 and get it…

There are five race meetings taking place across the UK and Ireland on Wednesday, headlined by day one of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster (1.50-5.20pm). Carlisle (1.40-5.00), Cork (4.05-7.15) and Kempton (5.30-8.30) complete a quartet of Flat cards, while the solitary jumps action comes from Uttoxeter (1.00-4.20). Wednesday's nap will be bidding…

The four-day festival is often earmarked as one of the most prestigious weeks of the British horse racing calendar. Their website describes the St Leger Festival as the world's Oldest Classic. With some world-class horses on show, the festival should prove an entertaining spectacle for horse lovers with some enticing horse racing betting odds. The…