ST Leger festival

Starts on Thursday


Here is the photo finish from 1850

Took the judge 3 weeks to call the result as they waited on the artist


Was a dead heat between Voltiguer and Russborough

Those two jockeys were definitely not "on-your-Todd"

I watched Nijinsky win the St Leger

its the worlds oldest classic and was first run in 1776, yes you read right, 1776

Bob very interesting, but what really strikes me is how the horses action has changed over the years. :silly:
Dave it must have been a sight to behold.

The beast was on the bit most of the race and looked majestic, it then went on to the Arc and was beaten a short head.
Now the jury was out on the reason for defeat, was it a race too much as it was close to the St Leger ?
Did piggott time his run too late? Or did it hit a bad patch and stumble and became unbalanced just before the line? ( I will stick to the later)

Cheers

Found this

Not sure if you can see, I can't on the iPad lol

Praying for rain for Kingston Hill

Early betting from Sportingbet


Kingston Hill
5/2
Romsdal
11/2
Snow Sky
11/2
Windshear
13/2
Hartnell
12/1
Forever Now
14/1
Alex My Boy
14/1
Kingfisher
16/1
Kings Fete
16/1
Granddukeoftuscany
20/1
Scotland
20/1
Marzocco
25/1
Min Alemarat
33/1
Somewhat
33/1
Odeon

Bob was thinking of taking an ATC or Yankee

Scotland to win St Leger, Scotland to win the referendum Australia to win the Rugby and to win in Ireland

In this week’s International Feature we move to South Yorkshire, England, for the annual ST LEGER festival to be held at Doncaster Racecourse from Wednesday 10 September to Saturday 13 September. There is just one Group 1 race at the carnival, the Ladbrokes St Leger Stakes to be run over 2937m on Saturday but there are six supporting Group 2 races, a Group 3 and two Listed races during the four day showdown. This preview of the St Leger festival is brought to you by South Africa’s leading betting operator, HOLLYWOODBETS.NET.

St Leger Festival - Feature 2014

Group 1 Preview: St Leger Stakes