LATER THAN USUAL ENTRY STAGE FOR LADBROKES ST LEGER

BELL COORDINATES LADBROKES ST LEGER PLAN



LATER THAN USUAL ENTRY STAGE FOR LADBROKES ST LEGER



Entries for the £500,000 Group One Ladbrokes St Leger must be made by noon on Tuesday, July 20, and one horse that is likely to be among those seeking victory in the world’s oldest Classic at Doncaster on Saturday, September 11, is the Michael Bell-trained Coordinated Cut.



This year’s closing date for entries is three weeks later than has been the case in recent years, with Doncaster Racecourse keen to allow trainers and owners more time to assess the merits of their horses.



Coordinated Cut could head to the extended mile and three quarters Classic after contesting the Group One Irish Derby over 12 furlongs the Curragh Sunday,June 27.



The Montjeu three-year-old won the £250,000 Tattersalls Timeform 3-Y-O Trophy over a mile and a quarter at Newmarket in April before coming home third to Cape Blanco in the Group Two totesport.com Dante Stakes the following month.



Coordinated Cut, whose owner Lawrie Inman saw his colours carried to third place in the 2009 Ladbrokes St Leger aboard Monitor Closely, finished seventh to Workforce on his most recent start in the Group One Investec Derby,
over a mile and half at Epsom Downs on June 5.



Bell, who took over the colt’s training from Peter Chapple-Hyam at the end of last season, said: “Coordinated Cut will almost certainly have an entry in the Ladbrokes St Leger.



“He is running in the Irish Derby this weekend and is in good form at present. The track at the Curragh will suit him much better than Epsom, so hopefully we will be able to get a true handle on what real level of ability he has.



“He won at Doncaster as a two-year-old, so the question regarding the Ladbrokes St Leger is whether he will truly stay a mile and six furlongs. On pedigree, that is open to debate, so it will be interesting to see how well he stays on at the Curragh.



“How well he gets a stiff mile and a half there will be a key as to whether the Ladbrokes St Leger is the race we target.



“He is out of an Arazi mare, so there is a bit of speed on the dam’s side. He doesn’t smell of being a mile and three quarters horse on the dam’s side but he is a big, long, scopey horse, so he may well stay, although there are no guarantees.”



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