St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (St Leger Festival)

See which trainers and jockeys have performed well in this fact-packed blog for the St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap. This is a race that is hosted at Doncaster during the St Leger Festival with the race being run over a distance of 1m4f, see which trends the past winners of the St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap have set for this year.
St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (St Leger Festival)
Andy Powell
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Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2025 St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap Preview

Scheduled to take place in September of each year at the Doncaster racecourse is this class two handicap that is run over a distance of one mile and four furlongs, the race is open to runners aged three or older and is run during the St Leger Festival. For sponsor purposes, the race is currently known as the 'Winners Wear Skopes Menswear Handicap'.

St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap Information:

We also have a dedicated Doncaster tips page that will cover this race as well as all of the other races on the day of the race, see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are predicting to win this race and the others on the cards. 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 3 1m4f Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 13 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2019 when the race had an over-round of 107%. The race in 2024 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 121%, whilst on average over the last 13 renewals of the St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap, the over-round has been 114%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £114 which is bet.

St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap Trends:

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 13 if you had followed the winner of the St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 11 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -3.62. Whilst we wait for the 2025 St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

The runner that holds the record over the past 13 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2023 renewal when In The Breeze from Michael Appleby under the guidance of Tom Marquand, won in a time of 2:39.08, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Swift Alhaarth, trained by Mark Johnston and ridden by Silvestre De Sousa set the quickest time of 2:27.48 in the 2011 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap over the last 13 renewals:

  1. Swift Alhaarth (2:27.48) in 2011
  2. Viking Storm (2:28.70) in 2012
  3. Away He Goes (2:29.87) in 2020

St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap Past Winners

Here are the St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f 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 3 1m4f Handicap are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
2:34.84
Kildare Legend (IRE)
3yo 9-3 (7 of 13) 100/30F
Daniel Muscutt
James Ferguson (GB)
2023
2:39.08
In The Breeze (IRE)
5yo 9-9 (7 of 9) 15/2
Tom Marquand
Michael Appleby (GB)
2021
2:34.22
Title (IRE)
3yo 9-7 (1 of 6) 11/10F
David Egan
Roger Varian (GB)
2020
2:29.87
Away He Goes (IRE)
4yo 9-5 (4 of 5) 100/30
Jim Crowley
Ismail Mohammed (GB)
2019
2:32.51
Kitaabaat (GB)
4yo 9-4 (1 of 2) 6/4
Andrea Atzeni
David Simcock (GB)
2018
2:33.39
Byron Flyer (GB)
7yo 9-5 (4 of 5) 9/2
William Buick
Ian Williams (GB)
2017
2:36.76
Game Starter (IRE)
3yo 9-1 (2 of 6) 5/6F
Oisin Murphy
Saeed bin Suroor (GB)
2016
2:31.31
Gold Trail (IRE)
5yo 9-12 (3 of 6) 5/1
James Doyle
Charlie Appleby (GB)
2015
2:33.05
Captain Morley (GB)
4yo 9-2 (1 of 7) 2/1F
Andrea Atzeni
David Simcock (GB)
2014
2:31.40
Mount Logan (IRE)
3yo 8-10 (7 of 9) 7/4F
Andrea Atzeni
Luca Cumani (GB)

St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap over the last 13 renewals is David Simcock who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Captain Morley (2015) and Kitaabaat (2019).

Here are some of the top St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap trainer statistics over the last 13 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
David Simcock5-2-2+0.50-1.75
Roger Varian6-1-1-3.90-3.31
Charles Hills3-1-2+10.00+6.50
Ian Williams2-1-2+3.50+4.81
Saeed bin Suroor2-1-1-0.17+0.52
Michael Appleby1-1-1+7.50+4.50
Charlie Appleby1-1-1+5.00+3.13
Harry Dunlop1-1-1+4.00+2.40
Ismail Mohammed1-1-1+3.33+2.08
James Ferguson1-1-1+3.33+2.08

St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap over the last 13 renewals is Andrea Atzeni who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Mount Logan (2014), Captain Morley (2015) and Kitaabaat (2019).

Here are some of the top St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap jockey statistics over the last 13 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Andrea Atzeni7-3-3+1.25-1.70
William Buick6-1-2-0.50+0.01
Silvestre De Sousa6-1-2-2.75-0.15
Jamie Spencer4-1-1+9.00+4.20
Jim Crowley4-1-1+0.33-0.92
Tom Marquand3-1-2+5.50+3.88
James Doyle3-1-1+3.00+2.13
Oisin Murphy3-1-1-1.17-1.48
Daniel Muscutt2-1-1+2.33+1.08
David Egan1-1-1+1.10+0.69

St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 7+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +4.51 is when runners ran in a Class 4 on debut. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran on Good To Soft ground last time out, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-26.

Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:

  • 2024: Winner in 7 (4,9) [13 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 7 (3,10) [9 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 1 (6) [6 Runners]
  • 2020: Winner in 4 (3) [5 Runners]
  • 2019: Winner in 1 [2 Runners]

The courses that have produced the most winners of the St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap are York, Haydock, Newmarket (July) and Ascot, there has been a total number of 2 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 13 winners from a total of 89 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 3 1m4f Handicap, that stallion is Galileo who has failed to produce a winner from 6 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 13 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Forgotten Hero in 2013, winning for Charles Hills at odds of 12/1 under the guidance of Jamie Spencer. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 13 renewals there have been 6 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing 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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Carrie Red Fillies NurseryGhost Run (GB)
2yo - 5/1
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy
Doncaster 2yo StakesHallasan (GB)
2yo - 15/2
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
May Hill StakesDesert Flower (IRE)
2yo - 1/1
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
Park Hill StakesNakheel (FR)
3yo - 10/1
Owen Burrows
Jim Crowley
St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f HandicapKildare 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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Mallard HandicapFaylaq (GB)
8yo - 18/1
Jim Goldie
Amie Waugh
Flying Scotsman StakesBenevento (IRE)
2yo - 7/1
Raphael E Freire
David Egan
Flying Childers StakesAesterius (IRE)
2yo - 7/2
Archie Watson
James Doyle
Doncaster CupSweet 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).

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Champagne StakesBay City Roller (IRE)
2yo - 9/2
George Scott
Callum Shepherd
Portland Heritage HandicapAmerican Affair (GB)
4yo - 4/1
Jim Goldie
Paul Mulrennan
Park StakesKinross (GB)
7yo - 11/4
Ralph Beckett
Rossa Ryan
St LegerJan Brueghel (IRE)
3yo - 11/4
A P O'Brien
Sean Levey
PJ Towey Construction HandicapDaysofourlives (IRE)
4yo - 100/30
Marco Botti
Jack Mitchell
St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile HandicapJohan (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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
City of Doncaster HandicapTelemark (IRE)
3yo - 12/1
Simon & Ed Crisford
Harry Davies
Sceptre StakesGreat Generation (IRE)
3yo - 8/1
Marco Botti
Marco Ghiani
St Leger Festival Class 2 Sprint HandicapBaldomero (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 3 1m4f 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

Darren Brett

Tipster Competition Manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Content Editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing expert with over 15 years of experience, possesses a comprehensive understanding of the sport, from delving into complex statistical data for flat racing in the UK and Ireland to crafting insightful flat racing blogs for OLBG.

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