Brian Boru wins Seabiscuit St Leger
Brian Boru gave Jamie Spencer his first victory in a British Classic when winning the Seabiscuit St Leger Stakes at Doncaster today.
The 5-4 favourite, trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan O’Brien, went head-to-head with High Accolade (8-1) in the closing stages and got the upper hand to win by a length and a quarter .
Phoenix Reach was a further length and a half back in third, with Maharib fourth.
Brian Boru was plum last half a mile out, but Spencer always had the race under control.
Switched to the outside, Brian Boru quickened well in the final quarter-mile and showed tremendous courage to foil Martin Dwyer on High Accolade to become the sixth Irish-trained winner of the world’s oldest Classic.
“He gave him a great ride and put him to sleep,” said O’Brien.
Gold Medallist and Summitville cut out the early running with Brian Boru, Moments Of Joy and Westmoreland Road in the rear.
The field bunched up turning into the straight with over four furlongs to run and a host of horses were in with a chance, but Brian Boru showed class, speed and stamina to win his second Group One at Doncaster following his success in the Racing Post Trophy last October.
