THERE were several lesser group races supporting the main event at Doncaster’s St Leger Meeting, but none of the winners got near to Capri’s effort in time terms. Best of them was Desert Skyline, who ran a 115 timefigure in the Doncaster Cup, storming through late to collar Thomas Hobson and Sheikhzayedroad (both of whom ran to 113).

Desert Skyline had been third to Stradivarius in a similarly good time at Goodwood, and the Cup races do look like being enriched significantly next year by a good crop of four-year-old stayers; Rekindling ran a 120 timefigure in staying on dourly into fourth in the St Leger also.