Aidan O'Brien is bidding to win the St Leger for the ninth time and saddles three runners
Just three of seven-runner St Leger field are trained in Britain
Recommended bet: Scandinavia to win
The St Leger at Doncaster is the world's oldest Classic race and the final piece of the jigsaw for three-year-olds to be run in Britain.
The Town Moor showpiece was first run in 1776 and is the ultimate stamina-test for the Classic generation.
The fastest horse wins the Guineas; the luckiest wins the Derby and the best horse wins the St Leger – or at least so goes the old saying about the Doncaster showpiece.
A field of seven runners are set to line up for the 2025 St Leger, with four trained in Ireland and just three in Britain.
Aidan O'Brien, seeking a ninth St Leger success, accounts for three of the contenders.
Our racing expert has picked a NAP and Next Best selection for the Doncaster Classic, which goes to post at 15:40 on Saturday afternoon.
The latest St Leger odds are available on LiveScore Bet
Scandinavia the one to beat
O'Brien's record in the Leger speaks for itself, with the last two winners – Continuous and Jan Brueghel – taking his tally to eight.
The Ballydoyle supremo is the modern day doyen and he now saddles Lambourn, Scandinavia and Stay True, who are three high-class colts by Australia, Justify and Galileo respectively.
With Ryan Moore injured and stand-in Christophe Soumillon in Ireland for Champions Weekend, the Ballydoyle trio are to be partnered by Sean Levey (Lambourn), Tom Marquand (Scandinavia) and Mike Barzalona (Stay True).
Lambourn won the Epsom Derby in style but rather scrambled home when doubling up at the Curragh and he comes here having been beaten as odds-on favourite in the Great Voltigeur at York last month.
Scandinavia, meanwhile, is going from strength to strength in every run. He was behind the likes of Carmers (first) and Rahiebb (third) in the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot in June, but has since won the Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket and the Goodwood Cup.
His stamina was a major asset last time in besting strong stayers Illinois and Sweet William and he can wear down his Classic rivals on Town Moor.
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Varian runner to prevent O'Brien sweep
Sadly for each-way players, only seven are lining up and that means just two places to go for.
A Ballydoyle one-two-three wouldn't be a shock, while Queen's Vase winner Carmers is a solid player for Paddy Twomey.
Rahiebb only has a length to find on that Ascot form, however, and was in front of Scandinavia there.
Fourth since in the Gordon Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, the mile-and-a-half trip looked sharp enough for him and that track may not have played to his strengths either.
He's an unexposed stayer with a bit of class and the Frankel colt is a lively outsider for trainer Roger Varian, who saddled 2014 hero Kingston Hill and Eldar Eldarov three years ago for Leger glory.
Ray Dawson rides in his first British Classic and his partner could be overpriced.
