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.
3.35 Doncaster – Adaay In Asia, Novemba & Heredia clash
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 cracking start to the four-day meeting.
Of the 11 runners, Royal Ascot winner Heredia will be popular for Richard Hannon and Sean Levey having put in two good efforts – third in the Listed Coral Distaff and eighth in the Oak Tree at Goodwood – since landing the Sandringham.
She is likely to find this equally as competitive but would be in the mix on her Ascot-winning form.
German raider Novemba may not yet have scored on previous trips to Britain but performed admirably when fourth in the Group Two Duke Of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot and third in the Valiant back at Ascot in July.
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