Texas to strike Gold

ONE of the best meetings of the whole year gets under way at Doncaster today with the start of the four-day St Leger festival.

A lot will depend on how the draw pans out in the totesport Portland, but it’s never a bad thing to stick with a sprinter in form in these type of races and Texas Gold fits the bill nicely.

The Willie Muir-trained six-year-old, who races from stall one, was a shade unlucky not to land a competitive affair at Epsom last week, having had plenty to do with two furlongs to run.