Market will be best indicator of Yeats’ Leger prospects

THE Curragh can look forward to a cracking afternoon on Saturday, with Yeats a major draw in the Irish Field St Leger, while the National Stakes has attracted a smashing entry.

What does one make of Yeats, now an eight-year-old, at this stage of the game? He has only run twice this season and hasn’t been seen since winning the Gold Cup at Ascot back in the middle of June.

Aidan O’Brien has done many remarkable things in his career, but getting Yeats back to his best for that race has to rank among his finest achievements.