Roger Varian’s St Leger contender Defoe to have his credentials tested in the Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury on Saturday
Roger Varian's colt has been highly progressive this season and is already as short as 12-1 for the final Classic of the season at Doncaster next month
ROGER VARIAN'S Defoe is set to test his William Hill St Leger credentials in the Betfred Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.
Varian's colt has been progressive this season and notched up a hat-trick of wins this season in the Listed Glasgow Stakes at Hamilton a month ago.
Andrew Balding's Horseplay, fourth in the Oaks behind Enable, is the other three-year-old entered.
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Charlie Appleby's Frontiersman, runner-up in both the Coronation Cup and the Princess of Wales's Stakes leads the challengers.
Agent Murphy bids to repeat his 2015 success in this race, but Brian Meehan's hope must overcome an absence of 539 days.
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Completing the field are John Gosden's To Eternity, Hugo Palmer's duo of Crimean Tatar and Wall Of Fire, Mick Channon's Harlequeen and Irish challenger The Tartan Spartan.