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Illuminate, a six-year-old mare trained by Brett Webber, is the second favourite and may pose the main threat to the fancied winner

Horse cacing at Turfontein. Picture: RUSSELL ROBERTS/FINANCIAL MAIL

Yes, Alec Laird’s filly — named after a pheasant bird whose first specimen was sent to London by Sarah Amherst in 1828 — has just won a maiden, but she does not face a strong field on her handicap debut. The star attraction at the Curragh will be Charlie Appleby’s Juddmonte Stakes winner Ghaiyyath, who is expected to take this race en route to the Arc De Triomphe in Paris on October 4.

At Doncaster where the action will once again be behind closed doors, trainer Willie Muir is hoping for St Leger glory with his three-year-old Pyledriver. Bookies quote his stayer as the 11-4 co-favourite with Aidan O’Brien’s runner Santiago.

 

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