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2026 St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Preview
Scheduled to take place in September of each year at the Doncaster Racecourse during the St Leger festival is this handicap, which is contested over one mile and two furlongs. The race is open to runners who are aged three or older.
St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Information:
- St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Past Winners
- St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Trainer Statistics
- St Leger Festival Ten Furlong 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 Ten Furlong 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.
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How competitive is the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2023 when the race had an over-round of 109%. The race in 2020 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 125%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap, the over-round has been 116%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £116 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2026 St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Trends. See which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal. We also have a section that looks at the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap races over the last 20 renewals:
- Red Gala (2:04.81) in 2007
- Anmaat (2:05.56) in 2021
- Mawatheeq (2:06.14) in 2009
Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the past 20 renewals, if you had followed the winner of the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap next time out, then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of -5.00. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.
Over the last 20 renewals, it was Red Gala, trained by Sir Michael Stoute and ridden by Ryan Moore, who set the fastest winning time in the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap. That runner won the race in a time of 2:04.81 in 2007. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Sir Michael Stoute and jockey Ryan Moore with Davydenko who set the slowest winning time; the race-winning time was 2:15.67 in the 2019 renewal.
St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Past Winners
Here are the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong 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 Ten Furlong Handicap are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 2:07.51 | Fantasy Believer (IRE) 8yo 8-10 (1 of 9) 9/1 | Oisin Murphy Ed Walker (GB) |
| 2024 2:07.66 | Daysofourlives (IRE) 4yo 9-1 (3 of 10) 100/30F | Jack Mitchell Marco Botti (GB) |
| 2023 2:11.88 | La Yakel (GB) 4yo 9-7 (4 of 5) 13/8F | Tom Marquand William Haggas (GB) |
| 2022 2:08.53 | Mujtaba (GB) 4yo 9-13 (7 of 11) 7/2 | Jim Crowley William Haggas (GB) |
| 2021 2:05.56 | Anmaat (IRE) 3yo 9-4 (3 of 7) 11/4 | William Buick Owen Burrows (GB) |
| 2020 2:07.91 | Irish Homie (IRE) 3yo 8-4 (11 of 14) 6/1 | Andrea Atzeni Jedd O'Keeffe (GB) |
| 2019 2:15.67 | Davydenko (GB) 3yo 9-7 (1 of 7) 11/10F | Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute (GB) |
| 2018 2:09.01 | Another Eclipse (IRE) 4yo 8-10 (1 of 10) 11/2 | Andrea Atzeni David Simcock (GB) |
| 2017 2:14.60 | Euginio (IRE) 3yo 9-4 (4 of 4) 11/4 | Andrea Atzeni Richard Hannon (GB) |
| 2016 2:10.88 | Central Square (IRE) 4yo 9-6 (10 of 10) 6/1 | Andrea Atzeni Roger Varian (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap have been based:
- GB: 20 winners with an additional 32 placings from 175 runners
- IRE: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 1 runner
- HK: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Sir Michael Stoute, who has won the race three times, with those three winners coming from Rohaani (2006), Red Gala (2007) and Davydenko (2019). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap are William Haggas (2 wins) and David Simcock (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap; Saeed bin Suroor has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins.
Here are some of the top St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap trainer statistics over the last 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Michael Stoute | 9-3-7 | +1.85 | +4.66 |
| William Haggas | 8-2-4 | -0.87 | +0.35 |
| David Simcock | 5-2-2 | +8.00 | +4.74 |
| Richard Hannon | 5-1-1 | -1.25 | -4.00 |
| Marco Botti | 4-1-1 | +0.33 | -1.00 |
| David Barron | 3-1-1 | +5.00 | +2.20 |
| Roger Varian | 3-1-3 | +4.00 | +3.30 |
| Jedd O'Keeffe | 3-1-1 | +4.00 | +1.75 |
| Ed Walker | 2-1-2 | +8.00 | +5.78 |
| Ed Dunlop | 2-1-1 | +3.00 | +2.40 |
St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Andrea Atzeni, who has won the race four times, with those four winners coming from Central Square (2016), Euginio (2017), Another Eclipse (2018) and Irish Homie (2020). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap are Ryan Moore (3 wins), Jamie Spencer (2 wins) and Jim Crowley (2 wins).
Here are some of the top St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap jockey statistics over the last 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Atzeni | 7-4-5 | +17.25 | +8.45 |
| Ryan Moore | 12-3-7 | -2.15 | -0.60 |
| Jamie Spencer | 7-2-2 | +8.33 | +3.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 3-2-3 | +8.00 | +5.74 |
| William Buick | 8-1-1 | -4.25 | -5.28 |
| Oisin Murphy | 4-1-1 | +6.00 | +2.40 |
| Tom Marquand | 3-1-2 | -0.37 | +0.40 |
| Adam Kirby | 2-1-1 | +2.50 | +1.19 |
| Jack Mitchell | 1-1-1 | +3.33 | +2.00 |
| Frankie Dettori | 7-0-0 | -7.00 | -6.00 |
2026 St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 2, 1, 2, (1, 2, 3, 6), 3, 2, 3, 3, 8, 8, 2, (2, 4), 7, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 5
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.
- 20 / 20 (62%) - No bigger than 10/1
- 20 / 20 (75%) - Ran in 3 - 9 races (1 Year)
- 20 / 20 (77%) - Ran in 1 - 6 races (Season)
- 20 / 20 (78%) - Break of 18 - 364 days (Last Place)
- 20 / 20 (79%) - Fewer than 2 wins (Class)
- 20 / 20 (81%) - Held an OR of 81+ (Last Win)
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Not in a G3/Cl2-3/Cl6 (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Placed within last 4 starts
- 20 / 20 (83%) - In a field of 6 - 14 (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Fewer than 6 races (Further)
- 20 / 20 (85%) - No bigger than 20/1 (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (85%) - Fewer than 12 races (Class)
- 20 / 20 (86%) - Within the first 8 of the market
- 20 / 20 (86%) - Fewer than 4 placings (Class)
- 20 / 20 (86%) - Achieved an RPR of 91+ (Last Win)
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St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor, which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +29.10, is when runners had 4 season starts.
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career wins in the class, when backing these, the trend shows a record of 0-27.
Here are the most recent winning draws, along with the further placings in brackets:
- 2025: Winner in 1 (2,8) [9 Runners]
- 2024: Winner in 3 (11,6) [10 Runners]
- 2023: Winner in 4 (2) [5 Runners]
- 2022: Winner in 7 (11,4) [11 Runners]
- 2021: Winner in 3 (4) [7 Runners]
The course which has produced the most winners of the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap is York; there have been a total of 4 winners of this race who ran at York last time out. The next best courses, which have produced the second most winners, are Newmarket (July) and Ascot; there have been a total of 3 winners from each of those courses.
The race is open to both sexes, with the Male runners having produced a total of 19 winners from a total of 171 runners, whilst the Female runners have produced 1 winner from a total of 6 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap; that stallion, Pivotal, has produced 2 winners (2015,2008).
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Blue Waltz in 2015, winning for Luca Cumani at odds of 10/1 under the guidance of Jamie Spencer. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals, there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2026 St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap, why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?
Route to the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap
Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap. These are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:
| Info | Last Race |
|---|---|
| 2025 - Fantasy Believer Southwell (AW) - 7th of 11 (4/1) | Racing League Race 41 Handicap |
| 2024 - Daysofourlives Ascot - 4th of 29 (20/1) | Royal Hunt Cup |
| 2023 - La Yakel Ascot - 5th of 10 (7/4) | Shergar Cup Challenge |
| 2022 - Mujtaba Chester - 4th of 7 (9/4) | Deepbridge Handicap |
| 2021 - Anmaat Bath - 1st of 6 (7/4) | Join Casumo Today Kelston Cup Handicap |
| 2020 - Irish Homie Chester - 2nd of 13 (4/1) | School Of Hard Knocks Handicap |
| 2019 - Davydenko Newmarket (July) - 1st of 6 (5/1) | BBAG-Sales.de Handicap |
| 2018 - Another Eclipse Yarmouth - 2nd of 4 (13/8) | Peter Claringbold 65th Birthday Handicap |
| 2017 - Euginio Sandown - 5th of 13 (6/1) | BetBright Recall Handicap |
| 2016 - Central Square York - 4th of 9 (7/4) | Groceryaid Chairmans Charity Cup |
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 2s 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. We also have the £300k 2-y-o Stakes, a valuable class two race.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie Red Fillies Nursery | Half Sovereign (FR) 2yo - 9/4 | K R Burke Clifford Lee |
| Doncaster 2yo Stakes | Calendar Girl (GB) 2yo - 7/2 | Owen Burrows Saffie Osborne |
| May Hill Stakes | Aylin (IRE) 2yo - 5/1 | K R Burke David Egan |
| Park Hill Stakes | Santorini Star (IRE) 4yo - 7/2 | William Haggas Tom Marquand |
| St Leger Festival Middle Distance Handicap | Munsif (IRE) 3yo - 5/2 | Roger Varian Ray Dawson |
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 £150k 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 | Subsequent (IRE) 4yo - 12/1 | Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy |
| Flying Scotsman Stakes | Avicenna (IRE) 2yo - 11/2 | Roger Varian William Buick |
| Flying Childers Stakes | Revival Power (IRE) 2yo - 17/2 | Tim Easterby Oisin Murphy |
| Doncaster Cup | Sweet William (IRE) 6yo - 10/11 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| St Leger Festival Mile Handicap | Treble Tee (IRE) 3yo - 11/5 | Simon & Ed Crisford Oisin Murphy |
| Champagne Stakes | Puerto Rico (IRE) 2yo - 15/2 | A P O'Brien Sean Levey |
| Portland Heritage Handicap | Eternal Sunshine (GB) 5yo - 12/1 | Jim Goldie Lauren Young |
| Park Stakes | Marvelman (IRE) 3yo - 13/2 | Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy |
| St Leger | Scandinavia (USA) 3yo - 2/1 | A P O'Brien Tom Marquand |
| St Leger Festival Ten Furlong Handicap | Fantasy Believer (IRE) 8yo - 9/1 | Ed Walker Oisin Murphy |
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 | Rogue Diplomat (IRE) 3yo - 14/1 | James Owen Harry Davies |
| St Leger Festival Sprint Handicap | Desert Falcon (IRE) 5yo - 9/1 | Julie Camacho Rowan Scott |
| Sceptre Stakes | Fair Angellica (GB) 4yo - 11/1 | Richard Hughes Finley Marsh |
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 Ten Furlong Handicap Preview are Andy and James. They both work on the Horse racing tips 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.
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