Barry Robson Racing

Godolphin's Kite Wood heads the 11 entries left at the latest forfeit stage for the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster on September 12...this is going to be a "cracker"!

Impressive winner of the Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket and the Geoffrey Freer at Newbury against older horses, the former Michael Jarvis-trained colt appears to have solid credentials.

Saeed bin Suroor could also run Mastery, who was second in the Great Voltigeur to Peter Chapple-Hyam's Monitor Closely. If Chapple-Hyam's colt were to take his chance he would need to be supplemented, along with Godolphin's Urban Poet, who is scheduled to run at Goodwood this weekend.

Henry Cecil's 19-length maiden winner Manifest is another for whom connections would need to stump up the £45,000 supplementary fee by September 7. However, Cecil and owner Prince Khalid Abdullah do have King Edward VII Stakes winner Father Time engaged.

Aidan O'Brien not surprisingly holds a strong hand with Age Of Aquarius, second in the Grand Prix de Paris on his last start, and Changingoftheguard, an unlucky second in the Ebor, heading his team. O'Brien could also run Johann Zoffany, Rockhampton and Von Jawlensky.


"Changingoftheguard is my Anti-Post selection...second to our 25/1 "tip" Sesenta in The Ebor"... Barry R


John Oxx, who has lowered O'Brien's colours on more than one occasion this year with Sea The Stars, may rely on Irish Derby third Mourayan.

The Barry Hill-trained Above Average and John Dunlop's Tactic, owned by Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, complete the candidates.

Angus Gold, racing manager to the owner, said of the latter: "Mr Dunlop wanted to leave the horse in the St Leger and I will have to discuss whether he takes his chance with the trainer and Sheikh Hamdan.

"I think that his run in the Gordon Stakes was fair, but it was a better effort when he was second to Kite Wood at Newmarket. He's a nice horse, but he has a bit to find on the formbook. It remains to be seen whether an extra two furlongs can turn him into a St Leger winner, but we will decide if we go to Doncaster in due course."