It's Day Two of the St Leger Festival At Doncaster on Friday 12th September.
Day two sees nursery handicaps action and Group Two races for the older horses with returning stars like Sweet William in the feature race The Doncaster Cup. We've taken a look at all five races live on ITV to pick out our tips and selections for the afternoon.
Duraji 13/2
Looks slightly overpriced for this off the back of a good run at Goodwood to be 4th in a deep looking contest over this trip.
Ran well despite being last of 5 in a Group three over 14 furlongs behind Kyprios at the start of the season before seemingly not staying over 2 miles at Down Royal in a listed race.
Shaped with much more promise back in handicap company at Glorious Goodwood back down to 14 furlongs and still looks well enough handicapped off a mark of 98. Will Buick is an eye-catching jockey booking and he can get in the mix again.
Catullus 3/1
Publish and Catullus had a good scrap at Sandown in a decent looking maiden and Catullus confirmed his promise when winning with a bundle in hand at Yarmouth in a small field maiden last time out.
He bullied his rivals from the front on his most recent run and looks ready for his step up into listed company now here.
Publish showed the form had some substance when coming 2nd to Bow Echo at the weekend. Catullus gets a nice middle draw for this and should spearhead the field from the front.
Lady Iman 4/1
A really classy looking juvenile sprinter, Lady Iman won her first three outings in sprint trips before finding 6 furlongs a little too testing a the Curragh and beating outstayed by Beautify.
Dropped back to the minimum trip at Glorious Goodwood she handily beat a good field, travelling well before kicking clear in impressive fashion.
Didn’t have the quality to get involved in the Nunthorpe but drops back in grade and goes back against her own age group now. Should be hard to beat again on a fast 5 furlongs with her fillies allowance.
Sweet William 6/4
Won this race in good style last year and has been in good form again this campaign, coming 3rd in the Goodwood Cup and 2nd behind Trawerlman in the Lonsdale Cup.
Looks to relish this 2 miles and 2 furlong trip here and the principal stayers that have gotten the better of him this season aren’t turning up here.
The ones to beat again as he looks to land the race in consecutive years.
Chilli Queen 7/1
Has been on a roll this season, racking up a hat trick of wins. Starting out with a win at Wolverhampton against a small field in a weak looking maiden, she then made the swtich to handicaps and won well at Kempton off a mark of 72.
Raised a further 7lbs in the weights for that win, she went to Ascot and went in again in a higher grade, the form looking solid with the 2nd since coming out and filling the same position in a listed race.
Raised another 5lbs in the weights, the handicapped might not have gotten to the bottom of her yet and with her form working out well she can prove better than a mark of 84. Emma Lavelle’s yard are going well at the minute and Saffie Osborne is a nice jockey booking in the saddle.
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