Racing:Aidan O'Brien is responsible for 15 of the 41 entries for the Ladbrokes St Leger. As expected Investec Derby winner Sea The Stars does not feature among the acceptors but O'Brien ensures Ireland have a strong hand.
His team this year includes Irish Derby runner-up Golden Sword, who is quoted as 4/1 favourite by the sponsors.
Investec Derby third Masterofthehorse, Dante first and second Black Bear Island and Freemantle, Lingfield Derby Trial winner Age Of Aquarius, recent Ulster Derby victor Changingoftheguard, Leopardstown maiden scorer Dixie Music, Great Wisdom, who has not run since a runaway winning debut in October, and Von Jawlensky, who scored by nine lengths at the Curragh on Sunday, are other members of O'Brien's powerful entry.
Irish Derby winner Fame And Glory isn't among them.
Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Again and the Aga Khan's Irish Derby third Mourayan, trained by Sea The Stars' handler John Oxx, embellish a strong team from Ireland.
Michael Stoute, who won the final Classic for the first time last season, has two entries in Harbinger and Saptapadi.
Saeed bin Suroor and Henry Cecil, with four wins apiece, are the two most successful current trainers in the Ladbrokes St Leger and both look to have bright prospects of adding to their tallies this year.
Bin Suroor and his Godolphin employers have seven entries including Italian Derby hero Mastery, Flying Cloud, winner of the Group Two Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot, last season's Group One Prix Marcel Boussac third Copperbeech, 2008 Group Three Autumn Stakes winner Kite Wood, last year's Group Criterium de Saint-Cloud second Prince Siegfried, Listed Glasgow Stakes scorer Parthenon and German Group Three victor Peligroso.
Cecil's two entries are Father Time, winner of the Group Two King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot and 6/1 second-favourite for the Ladbrokes St Leger with the sponsors, and Native Ruler, who finished seventh in the same race.
Your Old Pal, who was runner-up in the Royal Ascot contest, has been entered by trainer Jeremy Noseda alongside recent Windsor maiden winner Plymouth Rock.
The form of Royal Ascot's Group Three Queen's Vase could be well represented at Doncaster via the Mark Johnston-trained winner Holberg, runner-up Yankee Doodle, third-placed Mastery, Tactic (4th), Popmurphy (5th), Stately Home (6th) and Dhushan, who finished only 12th having been sent off favourite.
Alwaary, a five-length winner of the Listed Cocked Hat Stakes at Goodwood in May, could bid to give trainer John Gosden a third Ladbrokes St Leger success following Lucarno in 2007 and Shantou in 1996.
Mike Dillon, PR Director at Ladbrokes, added: "The predictable contenders are all engaged in the 2009 Ladbrokes St Leger and it promises to produce its usual ultra-competitive race."