Sting the bookies with Scorpion

The Ladbrokes St Leger has sadly lost a lot of its gloss in recent years but fans of the world’s oldest Classic can cheer home a winner from out of the top drawer at Doncaster tomorrow.

For Scorpion is a colt who is entitled to maximum respect in the very best middle-distances around the globe – and would surely be heading for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe if Coolmore did not have the Andre Fabre-trained Hurricane Run on their books.