St Leger Festival 2026 Results: Every Day's Winners at Doncaster

Thursday 10 September: Ladies' Day

The festival opened on ground officially Good to Soft (Good in places), with the May Hill Stakes (Group 2), the two-year-old fillies' championship of the meeting, as the feature of an eight-race card.

Musical Times (7/4 favourite, W Buick, Charlie Appleby) won the May Hill by seven and a half lengths from Scommessa Sicura (4/1), with Speckles (10/1) a further three and a half lengths back in third. The winner was unbeaten going into the race and stayed so. Appleby's filly is quoted for the Fillies' Mile at Newmarket next month, though nothing is confirmed and autumn plans for two-year-olds change often.

The other Group 2 on the card went to Waardah (5/2, Callum Rodriguez, Owen Burrows), who took the Park Hill Fillies' Stakes over 1m6f by a length and three quarters from Danielle (10/3). Waardah wore headgear for the first time and settled better for it. She already had a Group 2 to her name from last season's Lillie Langtry at Goodwood.

The day's shortest-priced winner was Night In Vegas (5/6) in the Weatherbys 300,000 2-Y-O Stakes, a 17-runner field that the market got right. The longest was Bourbon Blues (7/1) in the Pertemps Network Handicap, who beat the 2/1 favourite Knights Charge.

Thursday's winners

Race	Winner	SP	Jockey / Trainer
13:16 'Carrie Red' EBF Fillies' Nursery	Speed of Sound	7/4	Saffie Osborne / R Spencer
13:53 Weatherbys 300,000 2-Y-O Stakes	Night In Vegas	5/6	Charles Bishop / Eve Johnson Houghton
14:25 Pertemps Network Handicap	Bourbon Blues	7/1	R L Moore / B J Meehan
15:00 Park Hill Fillies' Stakes (Gp2)	Waardah	5/2	Callum Rodriguez / Owen Burrows
15:37 May Hill Stakes (Gp2)	Musical Times	7/4	W Buick / C Appleby
16:10 Meadowhall X Flannels Nursery	Primal	5/1	Marco Ghiani / A M Balding
16:46 East Midlands Airport And Jet2 Nursery	Fuel The Jet	15/2	N Callan / Tom Clover
17:21 Pertemps Handicap	Devil's Peak	15/8	W Buick / J & T Gosden

Friday's Cup Day card follows below, with the Doncaster Cup as its feature.

Friday 11 September: Cup Day

Friday belongs to the stayers. The Doncaster Cup (Group 2) is the closing leg of the Stayers' Triple Crown, after the Ascot Gold Cup and the Goodwood Cup, and one of the oldest continuously run races in the calendar. The ground stayed Good (Good to Soft in places) for an eight-race card.

Caballo De Mar (5/6 favourite, Oisin Murphy, George Scott) won the Doncaster Cup by a length and a quarter from Beylerbeyi (5/1), with Ascending (13/2) third of the seven runners. The five-year-old wore blinkers for the first time, having come home last in the Ascot Gold Cup and fourth in the Lonsdale Cup at York. He took it up approaching two out and, though he idled once in front, held Beylerbeyi's late challenge. Scott said Murphy had been able to keep the horse underneath him for a long way but had to commit sooner than he would have liked. The trainer named the Prix du Cadran as the likely next target, though nothing is confirmed.

The Flying Childers Stakes (Group 2, 5f) was the tighter finish of the two Group 2s. Final Objective (9/4 favourite, James Doyle, H Al Jehani) got up close to the line to beat Crownbreaker (16/1) by a neck, with Flann Sunna (3/1) third and long-time leader Fast Track (16/1) fourth of eleven.

The card opened with the Flying Scotsman Stakes (Listed, 7f), won by Forbidden Fire (9/2, Oisin Murphy, Andrew Balding) from Rock Montreal (5/2). The even-money favourite Nabati was third.

Murphy rode three of the day's eight winners: Forbidden Fire, Caballo De Mar and the 12/1 Beresford Gap in the nursery, two of the three for Balding. James Doyle took two, Final Objective and Silver Lake (13/8) in the EBF Premier Fillies' Handicap. That fillies' handicap produced the day's strangest placings behind Silver Lake, with the 50/1 Thatwilldoso second and a 100/1 shot fourth.

Friday's winners

Race	Winner	SP	Jockey / Trainer
13:15 Betfred Flying Scotsman Stakes (Listed)	Forbidden Fire	9/2	Oisin Murphy / A M Balding
13:51 Betfred Leger Legends Classified Stakes	Tolstoy	8/1	N P Madden / B Ellison
14:25 Flying Childers Stakes (Gp2)	Final Objective	9/4	James Doyle / H Al Jehani
15:04 Betfred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup (Gp2)	Caballo De Mar	5/6	Oisin Murphy / George Scott
15:35 British Stallion Studs EBF Premier Fillies' Handicap	Silver Lake	13/8	James Doyle / W J Haggas
16:13 Coopers EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes	Victoria Night	4/5	S M Levey / R Hannon
16:49 Tanbry Construction Nursery	Beresford Gap	12/1	Oisin Murphy / A M Balding
17:20 Pertemps Network Handicap	Almekarem	7/2	L Morris / Sir Mark Prescott

Saturday's Classic card follows below, with the St Leger Stakes as its feature.

Saturday 12 September: St Leger Day

The oldest Classic in the world, first run in 1776. The St Leger Stakes (Group 1) is run over 1m6f115y, the longest of the five Classics, and the final leg of the British Triple Crown. It is open to three-year-old colts and fillies alike, and it is decided on stamina in a way none of the other Classics are.

Highwayman (11/1, Saffie Osborne, Joseph O'Brien) won the St Leger by two and a half lengths from his stablemate Enceladus (5/2), with Amelia Earhart third of the eleven runners. Osborne is the first woman to ride the winner of a British Classic, 250 years after the first running. She did not have a ride in the race at the start of the week.

The market had it the other way up. Christmas Day (7/4 favourite) won the Derby in June and was trying to become the first horse since Reference Point in 1987 to take the Derby and the St Leger in the same season. He finished outside the first four. Enceladus was next in the betting at 5/2, so Joseph O'Brien trained both the winner and the runner-up while the shortest price in the field came home beaten. The Classic was run on Good (Good to Soft in places).

O'Brien said afterwards that Highwayman had been a slow learner and mentally immature, and that "when he got rolling he improved hand over fist". The colt had already won the Vinnie Roe Stakes.

Billy Loughnane, second in the Classic on Enceladus, won two earlier races for Charlie Appleby: the Champagne Stakes (Group 2, 7f) with Desert Castle (Evens) from a field of five, and the opening maiden with Al Jabbar (3/1).

The Park Stakes (Group 2, 7f) went to More Thunder (4/5, Tom Marquand, William Haggas), and the yard doubled up when Scoville (5/1) took the Pertemps Network Handicap. The Portland, a 21-runner sprint handicap over 5f, came down to its two 11/2 chances: Air Force One (C Lee, G R Oldroyd) held Twilight Calls for the win.

Saturday's winners

Race	Winner	SP	Jockey / Trainer
13:10 British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes	Al Jabbar	3/1	Billy Loughnane / C Appleby
13:46 Betfred Champagne Stakes (Gp2)	Desert Castle	Evens	Billy Loughnane / C Appleby
14:22 Betfred Portland (Heritage Handicap)	Air Force One	11/2	C Lee / G R Oldroyd
14:56 Betfred Park Stakes (Gp2)	More Thunder	4/5	Tom Marquand / W J Haggas
15:36 Betfred St Leger Stakes (Gp1)	Highwayman	11/1	Saffie Osborne / J P O'Brien
16:17 Pertemps Network Handicap	Scoville	5/1	D Tudhope / W J Haggas
16:48 PJ Towey Handicap	Thunder Run	11/4	C Lee / K R Burke

Sunday's closing card follows below.

Sunday 13 September: closing day

The meeting closes with a Sunday card at Town Moor, the final day of the festival and the last of Doncaster's big September week.

The card at a glance

Eight races, with the Group 3 Sceptre Fillies' Stakes over seven furlongs as the feature. The going on our racecard when the fields were declared on Saturday evening was Good; the Doncaster racecard carries the current description, every runner and the best prices.

Off	Race	Trip	Declared
1:25	Land Of Lights Festival At Gullivers Handicap	5f	16
1:55	Betfred "The Classic Bookmaker" Handicap	6½f	14
2:30	Betfred City Of Doncaster Handicap	7f	14
3:05	Japan Racing Association Sceptre Fillies' Stakes (Group 3)	7f	20
3:40	Betfred Mallard Handicap	1m6½f	9
4:15	I Love Julie Parkes Handicap (Div I)	5f	10
4:50	I Love Julie Parkes Handicap (Div II)	5f	10
5:20	Duncan Pearce Memorial Apprentice Handicap	6f	16

Sunday's bigger stage was in Ireland, where the Curragh staged four Group 1s including the Irish St Leger; our Irish Champions Festival results cover that card.

Doncaster's closing day went to the outsiders more often than the market expected. The feature, the Sceptre Fillies' Stakes (Group 3), was won by Pina Sonata (12/1, Daniel Muscutt, J R Fanshawe) from Touleen (10/3), with the 5/4 favourite Forty Years On run out of it in fourth of nineteen. John and Thady Gosden's Valedictory (7/4) made all the running to win the Mallard Handicap over 1m6½f for Robert Havlin. Callum Rodriguez rode a treble across the card: Ancient State (9/2) in the opener, Blue Brother (5/2) in the second race, and second on Ernst Blofeld behind Valedictory in the Mallard.

Sunday's winners

Race	Winner	SP	Jockey / Trainer
13:25 Land Of Lights Festival At Gullivers Handicap	Ancient State	9/2	Callum Rodriguez / Adam Kirby
14:04 Betfred "The Classic Bookmaker" Handicap	Blue Brother	5/2	Callum Rodriguez / H Al Jehani
14:33 Betfred City Of Doncaster Handicap	Inishbeg	33/1	Jack Nicholls / K A Ryan
15:08 Japan Racing Association Sceptre Fillies' Stakes (Gp3)	Pina Sonata	12/1	Daniel Muscutt / J R Fanshawe
15:40 Betfred Mallard Handicap	Valedictory	7/4	R Havlin / J & T Gosden
16:15 I Love Julie Parkes Handicap (Div I)	Tiva	10/3	C J Whiteley / D O'Meara
16:53 I Love Julie Parkes Handicap (Div II)	Maharajas Express	7/2	David Probert / Ian Williams
17:21 Duncan Pearce Memorial Apprentice Handicap	Arduis Invicta	12/1	William Pyle / Craig Lidster

Going: Good throughout. Source: Sporting Life structured results.