Results from Our Day 1 Tips
- 13:15 - None Winner with Concert
- 13:50 - WINNER with Calendar Girl @ 6/1
- 14:25 - Samara Green = Non Runner
- 15:00 - None Winner with Floresta
- 15:35 - None Winner with Immediate Effect
- 16:10 - WINNER with WECHAAD @ 11/2
- 16:43 - None Winner with Daydreama
- 17:15 - None Winner with Muhaajim
Total P/L (€5 Winner Bet Only)
- Bets Total = €40
- Total Returns = €67.50
- Total Profit/Loss = +€27.50
St Leger Festival Day 3 Betting Tips & Predictions
It's day three of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster on Sunday, with a more relaxed feel as the Town Moor venue hosts their family day.
They have an eight-race offering at Doncaster from 13:20-17:18, with the Group 3 Japan Racing Association Sceptre Fillies' Stakes as the feature race. Our racing expert has a selection for every race at Doncaster on Sunday.
13:20 - I Love Julie Parkes Handicap Division 1 (1m2f)
FOREST CAPER has started to make some progress for the Horse Watchers and trainer David O'Meara and he could open his account here. He got himself into some traffic woes at Redcar on first attempt at this trip, but ran an improved race last time when beaten less than a length over C&D. Nudged up 1lb, there could be more to come.
Selection: [Forest Caper @ SP](https://www.leovegas.com/en-row/betting#racing/event/1024955211
13:55 - I Love Julie Parkes Handicap Division 2 (1m2f)
The hat-trick seeking Nightsinwhitesatin arrives in good nick but is 3lb higher in a tougher race now and is opposed with SAY WHAT YOU SEE. The three-year-old won at Ayr over this trip in July and comes here after obliging over further at Southwell on the all-weather off 68. He's unexposed at the trip and could have more to come, while his stamina should help.
Selection: Say What You See @ SP
14:30 - City Of Doncaster Handicap (7f)
It's hard to get away from INDIAN SPRINGS here for Charlie Appleby. The Too Darn Hot gelding could scarcely have been more impressive in his novice successes at Newmarket and Haydock over this trip. He's back from a short break now and the handicapper has posed a question, for sure, but the Godolphin inmate may prove equal to it.
Selection: Indian Springs @ 7/2
15:00 - Handicap (6½f)
Plenty of seasoned handicappers in the mix and perhaps SPANGLED MAC can get a first UK win of the year. He won in Bahrain in January and George Boughey's charge ran his best race since a wind op when third at Thirsk recently. He remains well handicapped on his best form.
Selection: Spangled Mac @ 11/1
15:35 - IPM Group Leger Legends Classified Stakes (1m)
The Leger Legends race and Franny Norton could be the man to follow. SUSIE SIOUX has underperformed in her two AW runs, but went close on sole turf try at Carlisle in July over this trip. An opening mark of 70 is one she could be set to take advantage of.
Selection: Susie Sioux @ 7/1
16:10 - Japan Racing Association Sceptre Fillies' Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Group 3, 7f)
Irish trainer Adrian Murray is having a crack at this race with QUEEN OF MOUGINS. She was a length third 12 months ago when trained by Ralph Beckett. She joined Murray's set-up at year end and was back from 266 days off when scoring in a Curragh handicap off a mark of 101 last month. She may have improved again from three to four.
Selection: Queen Of Mougins @ 4/1
16:40 - IPM Group Handicap (5f)
JER BATT has been running good races in defeat this season and now lurks 4lb below the perch he started the season on. David Barron's four-year-old has tackled some really good contests and may well find this is amongst the less taxing assignments he has faced in recent months.
Selection: Jer Batt @ 6/1
17:18 - Land Of Lights Festival At Gulliver's Handicap (5f)
BONA FORTUNA has been second-best on his last three starts at Nottingham, York and Epsom over 5f/6f. He hasn't done a lot wrong and the form of those two most recent races is very solid. Mick Appleby's charge is 1lb lower than last time and looks sure to give his running.
Selection: Bona Fortuna @ SP
St Leger Festival - Day Two Tips
Day two of the St Leger Festival takes place with eight races scheduled, which includes two Group 2s and a Listed race at Doncaster on Friday. We have a selection from every race on the card, read all our thoughts below:
13:15 - Mallard Handicap (1m6½f)
Synergism is a typical Sir Mark Prescott progressive type, with the three-year-old improving 30lb this season, winning four times already this term. He was narrowly beaten at Newcastle last time out, although he did not help himself by hanging his head at the crucial stage. He still went up 3lb for that run and is likely to improve further.
Selection: Synergism @ 5/1
13:50 - Flying Scotsman Stakes ( Listed, 7f)
After our original tip for this race was announced as a non-runner on Friday morning, we're looking at Sir Albert, we watched him at Newcastle in the All Weather and he was one of the only favourites that looked worth his weight in salt on the day. Andrew Balding has increased his distance at Chester and Goodwood in preparation for this race and Sir Albert looks significantly better than he did four months ago. While many will back Hankelow or Frescobaldi when SP turns to actual odds, Sir Albert will be the one that provides the best value.
Our original tip for this race was Northern Champion, this was our thoughts about the horse: makes his first appearance on UK shores, having won his debut in a valuable race at Deauville in France, where he was well backed and impressed on first start. The second ran at Ascot over the weekend and won. This son of Wootton Bassett is one of a few making their second start after a successful debut, but of those, he looks the most exciting.
Selection: Sir Albert @ SP](https://www.leovegas.com/en-row/betting#racing/event/1024933792)
14:25 - Flying Childers Stakes (Group 2, 5f)
Lady Iman was disappointing in the Nunthorpe but can make amends here running against her own generation. Despite receiving plenty of weight, it’s a tough ask for a two-year-old to win a Nunthorpe, and they can often be well beaten and bounce back. Against her own generation she has been an incredible filly, winning four out of five starts, with her only defeat coming over six furlongs. She showed her class at Goodwood in the Molecomb and can do so again here.
Selection: Lady Iman @ 9/2
15:00 - Doncaster Cup (Group 2, 2m2f)
Sweet William bids to win his second Doncaster Cup, having landed the race last year when beating 2023 winner Trueshan. He’s a consistent type who still has plenty to offer as a six-year-old. Last time out he put up a bold challenge to stablemate Trawlerman but was no match for the Ascot Gold Cup winner in the end. With no Trawlerman in this, it looks very much Sweet William’s race to win for a second time.
Selection: Sweet William @ 11/10
15:40 - Premier Fillies' Handicap (1m4f)
Perfect Your Craft won here on handicap debut in July over one-mile-two-furlongs and needed every bit of that trip to get up, but once she hit the front in the final few strides, she began to pull away. It was a performance that suggested she would relish further, and she is stepped up in trip today. She has plenty of stamina in her pedigree, being a daughter of Mastercraftsman with Galileo on the dam’s side. She should love the extra distance and can make it 2/2 in handicaps.
Selection: Perfect Your Craft @ 15/8](https://www.leovegas.com/en-row/betting#racing/event/1024933790)
16:10 - Coopers Marquees EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (7f)
Several horses are making their debut here, so it may be best to side with one who has experience. The standout is the Roger Varian-trained filly Classic Cuvee. She finished second on debut behind the impressive winner Zanathos and was beaten next time out by the equally exciting Touleen, with both looking like Group horses in the making. Classic Cuvee’s defeat to Zanathos will only look better as time goes on. This is the best form on offer among those who have run, and if she progresses from that, she should win here.
Selection: Classic Cuvee @ 5/2
16:45 - Tanbry Construction 'Confined' Nursery Handicap (6f)
Yorkshire Puds was well beaten in a Group 2 last time out but this son of Mehmas can show more of what he is capable of now dropped into calmer waters off a mark of 78. Colin Keane has been booked for the ride.
Selection: Yorkshire Puds @ 20/1
17:20 - Danum Homes Excellence In Build Apprentice Handicap (6f)
The last race sees 16 runners go to post in an apprentice handicap over six furlongs. They’ll be spread across the track, but based on historical data the place to be is drawn high. Of those drawn high, the one that stands out is previous course-and-distance winner Another Investment. He had a low draw that day, which mattered less in a smaller field, but he won well and was raised 10 lb by the handicapper. He hasn’t done much since but returns here just 5 lb higher than for that win and can make good use of a high draw.
Selection: Another Investment @ 20/1](https://www.leovegas.com/en-row/betting#racing/event/1024933791)
St Leger Festival - Day One Tips
It's day one of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster on Thursday, with an eight-race offering on Town Moor to set the ball rolling as the final British Classic of the season looms on Saturday afternoon. They race at Doncaster from 13:15 to 17:15 on Thursday, with Group 2 fare in the May Hill Stakes and the Park Hill Stakes, and we've got selections from our racing expert for all eight races on day one of the St Leger Festival.
13:15 - British Stallion Studs 'Carrie Red' EBF Fillies' Nursery (6½f)
William Haggas has his string in superb fettle and he could be a trainer worth following in the coming days, with three wins and six placed horses from nine runners at Doncaster in 2025. CONCERT won a Yarmouth maiden on her second start in August and perhaps didn't relish the track at Chester in a conditions event last time. An opening mark of 77 could underestimate Cieren Fallon's mount.
Selection: Concert @ 12/1
13:50 - Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes (6½f)
Just over £216,000 is on offer for the winner of this valuable contest. CALENDAR GIRL was only beaten by an improving sort at Epsom four weeks ago, the pair clear, and that form has been advertised by the winner scoring decisively since. Owen Burrows' filly gets weight from the colts here and has scope for more progress on her third start.
Selection: Calendar Girl @ 6/1
14:25 - May Hill Stakes (fillies' Group 2, 1m)
Moon Target sets the standard and has her claims but there are dangers aplenty lurking, including Venetian Lace and SAMRA GREEN. The latter is by Saxon Warrior and did the job nicely on her debut at Haydock over 7f last month. She should relish this mile and can give each-way players a good run.
Selection: Samra Green @ 9/1
15:00 - Park Hill Fillies' Stakes (fillies' & mares' Group 2, 1m6½f)
Johnny Murtagh would have been thrilled with FLORESTA when she overturned previous form with Happy Pharoah to win the Listed Vinnie Roe Stakes at Leopardstown last month over this sort of trip on good ground. She was strong in the closing stages and looks progressive as a stayer. In receipt of a three-year-old’s allowance, she could be tough to stop.
Selection: Floresta @ 9/1
15:35 - Oddschecker Handicap (1m2f)
IMMEDIATE EFFECT has been progressive in handicaps for Sir Mark Prescott since winning at Southwell over a mile in June. He's been unfortunate not to add to his tally and remains on a workable mark with this extra yardage promising to suit him well under Luke Morris.
Selection: Immediate Effect @ 12/1
16:10 - JHA Architecture Nursery (7f)
WECHAAD was underwhelming on his debut at Leicester in May over 6f but Roger Varian's Oasis Dream colt has stepped forward in two runs since at Ascot (6f, good) and Newbury (7f, good to firm) in maiden/novice company. An opening mark of 82 looks workable with Silvestre de Sousa back on board.
Selection: Wechaad @ 11/2
16:43 - Yates Drywall Ltd Nursery (1m)
Successive novice wins at Pontefract and Carlisle (both 6f, good) marked out DAYDREAMA as a colt with plenty of ability and last month's handicap bow at York isn't a race on which to judge him harshly. It was a £51k nursery and, sent off at 25/1, he was beaten less than five lengths in finishing seventh of 18 runners having met some traffic at a crucial time. He drops in class now and shouldn’t run into trouble in a field of eight.
Selection: Daydreama @ 12/1
17:15 - Winners Wear Skopes Menswear Handicap (1m4f)
The William Haggas-trained MUHAAJIM has perhaps been too keen racing on the front end in two appearances since he won his Pontefract maiden in July over 1m2f. The handicapper has eased him a couple of pounds and the colt dons first-time cheekpieces now. The headgear allied to perhaps a more patient approach could bring about the improvement needed to land this finale.