Next year’s Ladbrokes St Leger meeting will be staged at York while Doncaster undergoes a £55m (€81.6m) redevelopment.

Ladbrokes was today neck-and-neck with William Hill as the UK’s biggest bookmaker after buying 141 family-run betting shops.

Cheltenham have unveiled a major name change and a boost in prize money for the Stayers’ Hurdle at next year’s Festival meeting.