St Leger Stakes Betting Tips

The final Classic of the flat racing season is one of the most important thoroughbred racing betting events of the year. However, the quality of the racehorses entered into the St Leger can be variable, with the highest rated racehorses often diverted to Europe or the United States at the end of the season.

For this reason the St Leger Stakes can be a very tricky race to call. Not only are competitors from the Guineas or Epsom Classics rarely in attendance, but punters must also factor in how entries will react to having to run the stayers’ distance of 1 mile 6 furlongs.

In recent years the following trends have been observed in the St Leger Stakes:

St Leger Stakes Tips

Around 70% of St Leger Stakes winners come into the race on the back of a victory in another race.
Pre-race favourites have an excellent record in the St. Leger Stakes, with around 1 in 6 St Leger Stakes favourites going on to reward backers with a win in the season’s final Classic.
It is highly unusual for a long-shot entry to win the St Leger Stakes, and punters can safely scratch entries priced higher than 10/1 off the card.


England - St Leger Stakes Antepost Betting (2011) [17:30]
Sea Moon	5/4	5/4	29/20	5/4	5/4	5/4	11/8	11/8	11/8
Blue Bunting	7/2	4	4	7/2	4	7/2	4	4	4
Census	9/2	5	-	9/2	5	9/2	4	5	4
Masked Marvel	7	8	17/2	15/2	7	7	7	8	8
Seville	8	8	-	9	8	8	8	8	7
Brown Panther	9	8	-	10	8	9	10	10	10
Wonder of Wonders	25	25	44	25	25	25	25	33	33
Genius Beast	25	33	30	40	66	25	33	66	33
Buthelezi	66	66	111	50	66	66	66	100	100
Rumh	100	150	-	100	100	100	100	200	100
Freedom	100	100	584	100	100	100	100	150	100