The Great Voltigeur winner Milan heads a strong overseas challenge for the Rothmans Royals St Leger at Doncaster on September 15th, for which a total of 18 three-year-olds stood their ground after the latest forfeit stage yesterday.
The Sadler's Wells colt is one of four entries for Aidan O'Brien, and his team also includes the Tote Ebor victor Mediterranean, the unraced Life Match and possible pacemaker Saddler's Creek.
Curragh trainer Dermot Weld's entry is Vinnie Roe, winner of a one-mile-six-furlong Listed event at the Curragh last Saturday.
The Irish entries are completed by the John Oxx-trained Pugin, fourth in the Budweiser Irish Derby and beaten a head by Vinnie Roe on Saturday. There has not been an Irish-trained St Leger winner since Vincent O'Brien's Boucher in 1972.
Ladbrokes betting: 3-1 Mr Combustible, Milan, Alexius, 8-1 Nayef, 10-1 Morshdi, 12-1 Mediterranean, 16-1 And Beyond, Beekeeper, Putra Sandhurst, 20-1 Artillery, Pugin, 25-1 Wareed, 33-1 bar.
Meanwhile, Kevin Darley (113 winners) made further inroads into Kieren Fallon's (119) lead in the jockeys' championship when completing a double on Hireath and Soba Jones at Catterick. Fallon drew a blank from three rides.
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