Dettori eyes fourth Leger victory

FRANKIE DETTORI believes he has a live chance of winning the Ladbrokes St Leger for a fourth time aboard Sixties Icon at York today.

Dettori, successful in the world’s oldest Classic with Classic Cliche (1995), Shantou (1996) and the Aidan O’Brien-trained Scorpion last year, takes the ride on Jeremy Noseda’s classy colt after the pair teamed up to good effect in the Gordon Stakes last month.

Sixties Icon defeated Leger rival Jadalee by a comfortable length and three-quarters at Glorious Goodwood, which propelled him to the head of the market for the one-mile-six-furlong test.