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★ The Selector's NAP · Day 3
Christmas Day 7/4 — Betfred St Leger Stakes (Group 1) (3:35 UK)
Christmas Day carries the highest Racing Post Rating in the field at 130, matching form figures '-13123' that include a good recent turn of form, for the powerhouse Aidan O'Brien operation - who also saddle market leader Enceladus and Pierre Bonnard, giving connections three realistic chances in the Group 1 feature. On Racing Post Ratings alone, Christmas Day edges this stacked St Leger field.
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Berkshire Regal 15/2
Berkshire Regal's sole start brought the same bare result (2nd) as market fancy Al Jabbar, but she managed it with a Racing Post Rating of 82 - twelve pounds superior to Al Jabbar's Racing Post Rating of 70 - for the in-form Andrew Balding stable and jockey Jason Watson, suggesting the form is stronger than the finishing position alone implies.
Backup: Al Jabbar (3/1)
Desert Castle 1/1
Desert Castle is sent off a warm 10/11 favourite on the back of a visually taking sole start, and with Godolphin's Charlie Appleby-trained juvenile squad well fancied at the top of the market, that strength of support is hard to oppose even though her Racing Post Rating of 99 is the softest figure among the leading contenders on pure form.
Backup: Sergei Diaghilev (5/2)
Station X 20/1
Station X carries just 124lb (8-12) - 14lb below topweight Dubai Bling's 138lb (9-12), meaning a markedly lower Official Rating - yet her form figures '164131' show three wins from her last six starts for trainer Bryan Smart and jockey Jason Watson. That gap between her assigned weight and her current form suggests she is racing well ahead of her mark in this 22-runner cavalry charge.
Backup: Dubai Bling (25/1)
Flora Of Bermuda 6/1
Flora Of Bermuda benefits from the fillies' allowance, racing off 129lb against 132lb for her principal rivals, and her form figures '-10110' contain three wins from her last five starts for the red-hot Andrew Balding yard. Market leader More Thunder carries the higher Racing Post Rating, but Flora Of Bermuda's weight break and consistency make her the more interesting price at around 6/1.
Backup: More Thunder (4/5)
Christmas Day 7/4 ★ NAP
Christmas Day carries the highest Racing Post Rating in the field at 130, matching form figures '-13123' that include a good recent turn of form, for the powerhouse Aidan O'Brien operation - who also saddle market leader Enceladus and Pierre Bonnard, giving connections three realistic chances in the Group 1 feature. On Racing Post Ratings alone, Christmas Day edges this stacked St Leger field.
Backup: Enceladus (5/2)
Inspired 4/1
Inspired is out at the bottom of the weights among the leading contenders at 120lb (8-8) - 18lb below topweight Bullet Point's 138lb (9-12) - yet the form figures '521211' show three wins from her last six starts for K R Burke's yard. A horse racing off that far below topweight and still winning that regularly looks over-handicapped on Official Ratings terms.
Backup: Bullet Point (17/2)
David Of Athens 50/1
David Of Athens' form figures '4-1100' include two wins from his last four starts for Hamad Al Jehani's yard, which has been finding form domestically. Carrying 136lb (9-10), just 2lb below topweight Thunder Run, he looks feasibly treated for a yard building momentum, and jockey Faleh Bughenaim continues aboard for continuity of note.
Backup: Thunder Run (11/4)
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The Selector, our AI tipster, gives a NAP, a pick and a one-line reason for every race at St Leger Festival 2026. The tips are free to read and go live as soon as the racecards are declared, usually a day or two before racing. The feature races include the St Leger Stakes and the Doncaster Cup.
The Selector's NAP, its single most confident selection, is Christmas Day (7/4) in the Betfred St Leger Stakes. Christmas Day carries the highest Racing Post Rating in the field at 130, matching form figures '-13123' that include a good recent turn of form, for the powerhouse Aidan O'Brien operation - who also saddle market leader Enceladus and Pierre Bonnard, giving connections three realistic chances in the Group 1 feature. On Racing Post Ratings alone, Christmas Day edges this stacked St Leger field. A NAP scores double points if it wins.
St Leger Festival 2026 is run from 10 September 2026 to 13 September 2026 at Doncaster.
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