LEGER TEST

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.

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Defoe is a 12-1 shot for the St LegerCredit: Getty Images

Andrew Balding's Horseplay, fourth in the Oaks behind Enable, is the other three-year-old entered.

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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.

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