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2025 St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Preview
Scheduled to take place at the St Leger Festival in September of each year at the Doncaster racecourse is this class two handicap which is open to runners who are three years old or older. it is run over a trip of one mile and for sponsorship purposes is currently known as the 'Cepac 25th Year Anniversary Handicap'.
St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Information:
- St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Past Winners
- St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Trainer Statistics
- St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Jockey Statistics
Our dedicated Doncaster tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap but will also have predictions for each meeting at Doncaster throughout the season so be sure to head over there. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal races during the Doncaster St Leger Festival section for links to these.
How competitive is the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 14 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2019 when the race had an over-round of 109%. The race in 2022 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 127%, whilst on average over the last 14 renewals of the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap, the over-round has been 118%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £118 which is bet.
St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Trends:
- 2025 St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Trends
- St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Trend Analysis
Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 14 if you had followed the winner of the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 13 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +4.60. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.
Over the last 14 renewals, it was Quick Wit, trained by Saeed bin Suroor and ridden by William Buick who set the fastest winning time in the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap, the runner won the race in a time of 1:35.72 when winning the race in 2012. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Richard Hannon and jockey Pat Dobbs with Qaysar who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 1:40.42 in the 2019 renewal.
These are the top three quickest-run St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap over the last 14 renewals:
- Quick Wit (1:35.72) in 2012
- Championship (1:36.06) in 2014
- Ostilio (1:37.07) in 2018
St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Past Winners
Here are the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 1:38.06 | Johan (GB) 7yo 9-12 (11 of 14) 18/1 | Rossa Ryan Jack Channon (GB) |
| 2023 1:38.74 | Liberty Lane (IRE) 3yo 9-1 (1 of 15) 11/2 | Clifford Lee K R Burke (GB) |
| 2022 1:38.54 | Atrium (GB) 3yo 8-11 (17 of 16) 5/1 | William Buick Charlie Fellowes (GB) |
| 2021 1:40.36 | Royal Fleet (GB) 3yo 9-1 (7 of 8) 11/8F | William Buick Charlie Appleby (GB) |
| 2020 1:37.39 | Matthew Flinders (GB) 3yo 8-9 (1 of 12) 5/2F | Tom Marquand Ed Walker (GB) |
| 2019 1:40.42 | Qaysar (FR) 4yo 9-10 (1 of 3) 13/8 | Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon (GB) |
| 2018 1:37.07 | Ostilio (GB) 3yo 8-13 (5 of 5) 6/4F | Andrea Atzeni Simon Crisford (GB) |
| 2017 1:37.29 | Kryptos (GB) 3yo 8-3 (7 of 10) 9/2 | Nicola Currie (7lbs) John Berry (GB) |
| 2016 1:39.40 | Cant Change It (IRE) 5yo 9-4 (6 of 8) 7/1 | Jamie Spencer David Simcock (GB) |
| 2015 1:39.56 | Bronze Angel (IRE) 6yo 9-4 (7 of 13) 9/1 | Louis Steward (3lbs) Marcus Tregoning (GB) |
St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Trainer Statistics
There are two leading trainers in the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap over the last 14 renewals with both Saeed bin Suroor and Richard Hannon who have both won the race two times. Saeed bin Suroor winners have been with Man Of Action (2011) and Quick Wit (2012). Richard Hannon winners have been with Championship (2014) and Qaysar (2019). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap, David O'Meara has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins.
Here are some of the top St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap trainer statistics over the last 14 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saeed bin Suroor | 5-2-3 | +9.50 | +5.50 |
| Richard Hannon | 3-2-2 | +14.63 | +7.40 |
| David Simcock | 5-1-1 | +3.00 | +4.20 |
| K R Burke | 5-1-2 | +1.50 | +3.44 |
| Marcus Tregoning | 3-1-2 | +7.00 | +5.43 |
| Charlie Fellowes | 2-1-1 | +4.00 | +2.13 |
| Hugo Palmer | 2-1-1 | +1.00 | +0.20 |
| Jack Channon | 1-1-1 | +18.00 | +11.25 |
| John Berry | 1-1-1 | +4.50 | +2.70 |
| Ed Walker | 1-1-1 | +2.50 | +1.56 |
St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap over the last 14 renewals is William Buick who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Quick Wit (2012), Ascription (2013), Royal Fleet (2021) and Atrium (2022).
Here are some of the top St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap jockey statistics over the last 14 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 8-4-5 | +10.38 | +7.60 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 7-1-3 | -4.50 | -0.36 |
| Rossa Ryan | 3-1-2 | +16.00 | +10.05 |
| Jamie Spencer | 3-1-1 | +5.00 | +2.20 |
| Frankie Dettori | 3-1-3 | +4.50 | +4.28 |
| Louis Steward | 2-1-2 | +8.00 | +5.43 |
| Nicola Currie | 2-1-1 | +3.50 | +1.70 |
| Tom Marquand | 2-1-1 | +1.50 | +0.56 |
| Clifford Lee | 1-1-1 | +5.50 | +3.44 |
| Pat Dobbs | 1-1-1 | +1.63 | +0.00 |
2025 St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 2, 4, 1, 4, 8, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 5, 2, 4
The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.
- 14 / 14 (69%) - Highest Run is not G1/LST
- 14 / 14 (74%) - Within the first 8 of the market
- 14 / 14 (75%) - Achieved an RPR of 98+ (Last 5)
- 14 / 14 (75%) - No bigger than 50/1 (Career)
- 14 / 14 (76%) - Carried 119 - 134lbs (Last Win)
- 14 / 14 (76%) - No bigger than 18/1
- 14 / 14 (76%) - Fewer than 9 placings (Hcps)
- 14 / 14 (78%) - Held an OR of 92+
- 14 / 14 (81%) - Had 2 - 13 placings (Career)
- 14 / 14 (81%) - Ran in 4 - 34 races (Career)
- 14 / 14 (82%) - No bigger than 28/1 (Career Place)
- 14 / 14 (83%) - No bigger than 20/1 (Debut)
- 14 / 14 (88%) - Not in a Cl3/Cl6 (Debut)
- 13 / 14 (67%) - Achieved an RPR of 98+ (Season)
- 12 / 14 (72%) - No more than +2yrs (Vs Min Age)
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Doncaster racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap. If you are a newcomer to horse racing betting, then the number of types of bets can be scary! Don't let that put you off though, head over to this Types Of Horse Racing Bet article and have a read, you will then have a better knowledge of betting on racing in the future and there are plenty of other articles in the OLBG Betting School too.
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St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Trend Analysis
The trend factor which had produced 7+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +23.88 is when runners had a furthest trip run of 1m. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 1 place in the past year, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-34.
Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:
- 2024: Winner in 11 (14,12) [14 Runners]
- 2023: Winner in 1 (4,8) [15 Runners]
- 2022: Winner in 17 (8,10,4) [16 Runners]
- 2021: Winner in 7 (8,6) [8 Runners]
- 2020: Winner in 1 (9,12) [12 Runners]
The courses that have produced the most winners of the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap are Goodwood and Haydock, there has been a total number of 3 winners from each of those courses.
The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 14 winners from a total of 140 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 4 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap, that stallion is Pivotal who has failed to produce a winner from 7 runners.
Looking at the winning odds over the last 14 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Johan in 2024, winning for Jack Channon at odds of 18/1 under the guidance of Rossa Ryan. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 14 renewals there have been 4 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2025 St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters today.
Other Principal races during the Doncaster St Leger Festival
Here is the schedule for the four-day St Leger Festival for races which we cover with blogs, each race will be linked to the race blog and detail last year's winner in the table below.
Thursday at St Leger Festival
There are a couple of Group 2's which take centre-stage on the opening day of the St Leger Festival, the £120k May Hill Stakes where the two-year-olds feature and then the £150k Park Hill Fillies Stakes where the older fillies compete.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie Red Fillies Nursery | Ghost Run (GB) 2yo - 5/1 | Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy |
| Doncaster 2yo Stakes | Hallasan (GB) 2yo - 15/2 | Charlie Appleby William Buick |
| May Hill Stakes | Desert Flower (IRE) 2yo - 1/1 | Charlie Appleby William Buick |
| Park Hill Stakes | Nakheel (FR) 3yo - 10/1 | Owen Burrows Jim Crowley |
| St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap | Kildare Legend (IRE) 3yo - 100/30 | James Ferguson Daniel Muscutt |
Friday at St Leger Festival
On Friday, the feature race of the day is the Group 2 Doncaster Cup which is part of the British Champion Series and carries a £140k purse. The Flying Childers Stakes is another race on Friday which carries a decent purse, £130k on offer for the two-year-olds.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Mallard Handicap | Faylaq (GB) 8yo - 18/1 | Jim Goldie Amie Waugh |
| Flying Scotsman Stakes | Benevento (IRE) 2yo - 7/1 | Raphael E Freire David Egan |
| Flying Childers Stakes | Aesterius (IRE) 2yo - 7/2 | Archie Watson James Doyle |
| Doncaster Cup | Sweet William (IRE) 5yo - 7/4 | John & Thady Gosden Robert Havlin |
Saturday at St Leger Festival
The feature race of the festival, the St Leger takes place on Saturday, another race which is part of the British Champion Series, this Group 1 carries a purse of £700k. The three races before the St Leger all carry decent purses too, the Champagne Stakes (£150k), the Portland (£100k) and the Park Stakes (£140k).
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Champagne Stakes | Bay City Roller (IRE) 2yo - 9/2 | George Scott Callum Shepherd |
| Portland Heritage Handicap | American Affair (GB) 4yo - 4/1 | Jim Goldie Paul Mulrennan |
| Park Stakes | Kinross (GB) 7yo - 11/4 | Ralph Beckett Rossa Ryan |
| St Leger | Jan Brueghel (IRE) 3yo - 11/4 | A P O'Brien Sean Levey |
| PJ Towey Construction Handicap | Daysofourlives (IRE) 4yo - 100/30 | Marco Botti Jack Mitchell |
| St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap | Johan (GB) 7yo - 18/1 | Jack Channon Rossa Ryan |
Sunday at St Leger Festival
Sunday is a bit more low-key, only one class one race which is the £85k Sceptre Stakes for the fillies over 7f and there are also a couple of decent handicaps carrying good purses of £70k and £65k.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| City of Doncaster Handicap | Telemark (IRE) 3yo - 12/1 | Simon & Ed Crisford Harry Davies |
| Sceptre Stakes | Great Generation (IRE) 3yo - 8/1 | Marco Botti Marco Ghiani |
| St Leger Festival Class 2 Sprint Handicap | Baldomero (IRE) 6yo - 10/1 | Michael Appleby Silvestre De Sousa |
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for Flat Racing.
Darren Brett
Tipster Competition Manager
Andy Powell
Content Editor
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