NEW London heads the 13 horses left in next month’s Cazoo St Leger at Doncaster. The Godolphin-owned colt claimed his fourth win from five career starts in the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood on his latest appearance, readily accounting for subsequent Great Voltigeur winner Deauville Legend.

And with Irish Derby hero Westover, King Edward VII Stakes victor Changingoftheguard and the previously unbeaten Francesco Clemente significant scratchings, New London is priced at around 5/6 for the St Leger on September 10th.

Six-time Leger-winning trainer Aidan O’Brien has five remaining contenders, with Anchorage, Bluegrass, United Nations, Waterville and Emily Dickinson all in the mix.

Roger Varian – successful in 2014 with Kingston Hill – is set to be represented by Eldar Eldarov, who has been given a break since losing his unbeaten record in the Grand Prix de Paris in July, while Zechariah looks a likely runner for Freddie and Martyn Meade following his recent success in the Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury.

The potential field is completed by Paddy Twomey’s French Claim, Derby runner-up and Gordon Stakes third Hoo Ya Mal, who is now in the care of George Boughey, Ivan Furtado’s filly Lizzie Jean and the Marco Botti-trained Giavellotto, who bolted up in a Newmarket handicap on his latest appearance.

There is a chance of further additions to the Leger field, with trainers having the option to supplement horses at a cost of £50,000 on September 5th.