Curragh 4:35 Result

Scandinavia boasts by far the highest OR (125) in this field, unbeaten in his last five starts (1-1111 form), and comes with a Ryan Moore booking from the powerful Aidan O'Brien yard - the in-form stable this season. He's stepping up in trip but is bred for it (Justify out of a Galileo mare, Fabulous, a Group class family) and has looked progressive all year, seemingly encountering little trouble seeing off Group company already. The yielding ground at the Curragh, a track he'll know well, poses no issues. Queenstown (6332-1) is the confirmatory second-string but sits 15lb behind Scandinavia on official ratings and his solitary win from that sequence came in weaker company. Jan Brueghel has solid form figures but hasn't matched Scandinavia's level and is 85 days off. Trustyourinstinct is progressive (-72121) but rated 113, still 12lb inferior. The market rightly makes Scandinavia favourite, but the strength of his unbeaten sequence, the stable's prime form, and Moore's booking suggest he is close to a certainty in a moderate St Leger field, and represents solid banker-type value even at a short price given the overall depth (or lack of it) against him.