Paul Jacobs makes his selections for September’s big races
September is always a rich tapestry for Flat racing with the final Classic of the season, the St Leger, the Ayr Gold Cup, Irish Champion Stakes, the Haydock Sprint Cup and, of course, a bunch of two-year-old championship races at Newmarket.
As regular readers know, betting ante post has always been at the core of my betting profile and the St Leger (September 16) is building into a superb and indeed open renewal.
The final Classic of the season has in recent years centred around the big yards until the refreshing success of the Laura Mongan trained Harbour Law last year, but the 2017 version looks set to be dominated by the big yards again.
At the time of writing Aidan O’Brien has an amazing 18 of the 45 entries with the likes of Irish Derby winner Capri and Venice Beach heading the way for the Ballydoyle yard.
This story is from the September 2017 edition of Racing Ahead.
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