Leading faces ten in Irish Leger Leading Light heads a field of 11 declared for the Palmerstown House Estate Irish St. Leger at the Curragh on Sunday. The four-year-old is unbeaten in three starts this season, with the highlight coming in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. His trainer Aidan O'Brien also runs Eye Of The Storm, while Godolphin will be double-handed with Saeed bin Suroor's Willing Foe and the Charlie Appleby-trained Encke. The five-year-old won the 2012 St Leger and he finished a fair second at Goodwood last month on what was his first start in well over a year after being banned for the majority of last season as one of the horses embroiled in the Mahmood Al Zarooni drugs scandal. Royal Diamond landed this prize two years ago and is back for more, and the home team is further bolstered by the presence of Dermot Weld's Lonsdale Cup winner Pale MImosa. Tom Dascombe sends Brown Panther, Sir Mark Prescott pitches Ebor fourth Pallasator in at the deep end, with Achtung, Certerach and Shu Lewis completing the line-up.
