Raceolly's St Leger Festival Ladies Day Tips

Percy Shelley leaves winning up to the luck of the race, having to come from a preferred hold up position is not always ideal in these big field handicaps, but he has become so well handicapped and ran much better than finishing position suggests last time when badly hampered at Goodwood. It was a similar story at Haydock in July also and maybe didn’t get the trip when looking the winner for a long way in between those efforts.

Dropping back down to one mile four looks the key here and now 18lbs lower than when making stable debut last year.

Golden West started life so brightly as a two-year-old winning both starts, the second of which is extremely strong form with horses now rated 110 in behind. Struggled at group level after but incredibly well handicapped off a mark of 86 now.

Each handicap starts to date haven’t gone to plan especially last time when stuck wide at Newbury after a break, that could have blown away some cobwebs however and much better could be expected here.

Had excuses for defeats in races that has worked out well and got off the mark last time at Windsor stepped back up to six and returning to turf. Another small step up in trip here looks the right move for a yard who do well when placing their two-year-olds in the better races.

They get plenty of weight from the majority of the field and looks to have all the right tools to do well in a race like this.