THERE has to be a strong doubt that Kingston Hill will stay well enough to win the Ladbrokes Doncaster St Leger today. You have to wonder if ground conditions had allowed him to run more often since Epsom, would he be in the line up here? A Group 1 is a Group 1 and there are not many races left where he would meet a field of largely inferior animals.

Even though he has Rainbow Quest as a grandsire, the bottom line features very little stamina, (Persian Bold, Bold Lad). That last furlong at Doncaster has seen many hopes flounder in the past.