SIMILAR winning timefigures as the St Leger had been recorded over long distances earlier in the Doncaster meeting by Simple Verse (113) in the Park Hill Stakes and by Sheikhzayedroad (115) in the 250th Doncaster Cup.

The former seemed to get jockey Oisin Murphy out of trouble after he had allowed runner-up Pretty Perfect a lot of rope, while the latter - a tricky customer to say the least - should put Martin Harley in contention for Ride of The Month, along with his veritable tour de force aboard a mare called Acclio at Chelmsford City the evening before.