St Leger Festival 2026 LIVE: Day-by-day schedule, race times and talkSPORT commentary

The final Classic of the flat racing season, the historic St Leger Festival, is almost here.

The famous meeting takes place over four days at Doncaster Racecourse and features the oldest horse race in the world – the St Leger Stakes.

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The St Leger Stakes, the oldest and longest of Britain’s five Classic races, marks its 250th anniversary in 2026, having first been run way back in 1776.

Aidan O’Brien-trained Scandinavia took victory last year, ridden by Tom Marquand.

And it’s nearly time to do it all again…

St Leger Festival 2026: Dates and start times

This year’s St Leger Festival runs from Thursday, September 10 to Sunday, September 13.

It features 31 races in all, with eight on each of the first three days and seven on the final day.

Racing begins at 1:15pm on Thursday and Friday, with the final race on both days starting at 5:20pm.

On Saturday, the action gets underway at 1:10pm BST with the last race at 5:23pm.

And on Sunday, the first race is at 1:25pm and the final one at 4:50pm.

Each of the days has its own distinct theme.

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St Leger Festival 2026: Betting tips

talkSPORT.com will provide you with all the latest tips and free bet offers throughout the festival.

Odds will be available on talkSPORT BET and our resident tipster will be selecting multiple picks for each day of racing.

You can check the current odds for the St Leger Festival at talkSPORT BET.

St Leger Festival 2026: talkSPORT coverage

talkSPORT has live coverage of all the action from the St Leger Festival.

Listen talkSPORT through the website or find us on DAB digital radio through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

Download and listen to all our live commentaries via the talkSPORT app.

For the latest odds and bet boosts for every big event, visit talkSPORT BET.

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If you want to watch the action on TV, you can tune in to watch free-to-air coverage on ITV.

St Leger Festival 2026: Schedule

A full day-by-day schedule for the racing will follow soon.

The showpiece St Leger Stakes will be run at 3:40pm on Saturday, September 12.

The antepost odds for the race are as follows:

• Christmas Day 7/4
• Pierre Bonnard 11/4
• Enceladus 11/4
• Del Maro 8/1
• Highwayman 14/1
• Hatteen 16/1
• Alderman 33/1
• Galiyan 33/1
• Piazza San Marco 33/1
• Amelia Earhart 40/1
• Montreal 40/1
• Zia Zabel 40/1
• Golden Story 50/1
• Action 66/1
• Rebel Rocker 66/1
• Port Of Spain 100/1