Racing:Camelot will face a maximum of 10 opponents when he goes for Triple Crown glory in the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster on Saturday.
Aidan O’Brien’s fantastic three-year-old has already claimed victory in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and the Investec Derby at Epsom and he is long odds-on favourite as he aims to become the first horse since Nijinsky in 1970 to complete the British Classic treble.
He already has three Classics in the bag, having followed up his Epsom triumph in the Irish Derby at the Curragh in late June. Camelot is one of three entries for Ballydoyle in the world’s oldest Classic, with Grand Prix de Paris winner Imperial Monarch and Chamonix the other contenders.
Great Voltigeur Stakes winner Thought Worthy, trained by John Gosden, could be re-opposed by York runner-up Main Sequence, the third home Encke and the fifth Thomas Chippendale. Gosden also looks set to saddle Michelangelo and likely pacemaker Dartford.
The William Haggas-trained Guarantee is an interesting player following his runaway victory in the Melrose Stakes, while Thomas Carmody’s Ursa Major completes the line-up.