the St Leger Festival is the meeting everyone bets on and almost nobody researches properly. We analysed all 316 races at Doncaster in the festival window across 11 years (2015–2026) — here are the trainers, jockeys and market patterns that actually repeat.
| Trainer | Runs | Wins | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Varian | 95 | 20 | 21.1% |
| Andrew Balding | 116 | 14 | 12.1% |
| John Gosden | 48 | 14 | 29.2% |
| Charlie Appleby | 63 | 14 | 22.2% |
| Richard Hannon | 159 | 13 | 8.2% |
| William Haggas | 77 | 11 | 14.3% |
| John & Thady Gosden | 44 | 11 | 25.0% |
| Ralph Beckett | 75 | 10 | 13.3% |
| K R Burke | 82 | 10 | 12.2% |
| A P OBrien | 80 | 9 | 11.2% |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 139 | 31 | 22.3% |
| Andrea Atzeni | 117 | 23 | 19.7% |
| Frankie Dettori | 80 | 22 | 27.5% |
| Oisin Murphy | 125 | 20 | 16.0% |
| Ryan Moore | 104 | 18 | 17.3% |
| Jim Crowley | 71 | 14 | 19.7% |
| Tom Marquand | 89 | 12 | 13.5% |
| David Egan | 53 | 11 | 20.8% |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 80 | 10 | 12.5% |
| James Doyle | 76 | 7 | 9.2% |
| Year | Races | Favourite SR |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 22.6% |
| 2024 | 30 | 23.3% |
| 2023 | 30 | 33.3% |
| 2022 | 24 | 25.0% |
| 2021 | 28 | 39.3% |
| 2020 | 28 | 25.0% |
| 2019 | 29 | 31.0% |
| 2018 | 29 | 31.0% |
| 2017 | 29 | 34.5% |
| 2016 | 29 | 34.5% |
| 2015 | 29 | 48.3% |
We score every UK & Irish runner each morning. When the meeting comes round you get the model's pick for each race on Telegram before the off — the same engine behind these 316 races of data.
Verified 34.8% strike on our maximum-confidence bets — every result logged, win or lose.
Get free picks on Telegram →The meeting's largest-priced winners in our window: Ubettabelieveit (IRE) (33/1, 2020), Shazani (FR) (33/1, 2025), Polly Pott (GB) (33/1, 2022), Yabher (GB) (33/1, 2024), Goddess Of Fire (GB) (33/1, 2020), The Great Heir (FR) (33/1, 2018). Outsiders land every single year — which is exactly why our model rates every runner rather than following the market.
When the 2027 the St Leger Festival arrives, our model publishes a rated pick for every race before the off — no race skipped, every result logged win or lose. Start here:
Data: all races at Doncaster in the festival month(s), 2015–2026, our settled-results database (316 races). Trends describe the past, not the future. 18+.
Data: official UK & Irish results, 2015–2026. Historical patterns are not a guarantee of future results. 18+ · BeGambleAware.