Bunting's resolve to clinch Leger

WOULD it be too obvious a statement to suggest that the Doncaster St Leger, run over a mile and three quarters, demands a winner with real resolve?

Okay, I’ll concede that point. But let me qualify the statement: The Paul Cole-trained Snurge, back in 1990, was the last horse to win the St Leger having had only two previous runs that season.

In fact, between then and now only two others have managed to win the race having raced less than four times that season.