Scandinavia stands out for honours

CANDINAVIA can justify favouritism by giving trainer Aidan O'Brien a ninth win in the Betfred St Leger at Doncaster.

- ANITA CHAMBERS Horse Racing correspondent

The Ballydoyle handler fields three in the final Classic of the season and while Lambourn has obvious attributes as a dual Derby winner, it is his stablemate who dominates the betting after striking Group One gold against his elders in the Goodwood Cup.

While he was vastly advantaged at the weights due to his three-year-old allowance, there was much to like about the way he outbattled another O'Brien inmate in Illinois to win by what was eventually a cosy threequarters of a length.

He had previously finished fifth to the reopposing Carmers in the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot, when he had an unfavourable draw, and hacked up by more than eight lengths in the Bahrain Trophy, so it appears he is still on an upward trajectory.

Shadow Of Light can return to winning ways dropped in class for the Betfred Park Stakes.