Brian Boru finally repaid Aidan O’Brien’s unflinching faith in him when he swept from last to first to land the Seabiscuit St Leger at Doncaster yesterday.

RUSSIAN RHYTHM achieved a feat that has proved beyond every top-class filly who has attempted it since 1979 by adding yesterday's Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot to last month's Sagitta 1000 Guineas success.