O'Brien trio head St Leger line-up at Doncaster

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Aidan O'Brien has 3 of nan 7 runners for nan St Leger astatine Doncaster connected Saturday.

The Irish trainer, seeking an eighth triumph successful nan world's oldest Classic, will tally Illinois, Jan Brueghel and Grosvenor Square.

Illinois won nan Queen's Vase astatine Royal Ascot earlier finishing 2nd to Irish Derby victor Los Angeles successful nan Great Voltigeur Stakes astatine York.

Wayne Lordan takes nan thrust pinch O'Brien's unchangeable jockey Ryan Moore successful action astatine Irish Champions Weekend.

Irish Oaks victor You Got To Me was added astatine a costs of £50,000 arsenic a supplementary introduction for nan Leger - which offers £420,000 to nan victor - by owners Valmont and Newsells Park Stud.

Trainer Ralph Beckett is not awkward of moving fillies against nan colts successful nan Town Moor showpiece, winning it pinch Simple Verse, finishing 2nd pinch Talent and 3rd pinch Look Here.

Irish Derby runner-up Sunway, trained by David Menuisier, will beryllium collaborated by Christophe Soumillon arsenic regular aviator Oisin Murphy is riding successful Canada.

Owen Burrows' Deira Mile, who was 4th successful nan Derby astatine Epsom, and Andrew Balding's outsider Wild Waves complete nan section for nan title astatine 15:40 BST connected Saturday.

O'Brien besides has a starring manus successful nan Irish Champion Stakes astatine Leopardstown, which is scheduled to commencement 15 minutes earlier nan Leger.

His squad is headed by Los Angeles and 2023 English and Irish Derby victor Auguste Rodin, who is seeking an eighth top-level Group One win.

But location is beardown guidance successful British raider Economics, victor astatine Deauville past clip aft landing York's Dante Stakes nether Tom Marquand for William Haggas.

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