Bockos 5/1 fav to join select trio in claiming Leger/Derby double

IRISH Derby champion Bockos Gold headlines a stellar line-up for the 1XBet Irish St Leger which starts with 11 first round heats over 550 yards Limerick on Saturday and which can be seen in its entirety on sisracing.tv

Graham Holland's star is 5/1 favourite with BOYLE Sports for the €30,000 Classic and begins his campaign in the final heat at the weekend where he goes from trap three as he bids to emulate Abbeylara (1938), Own Pride (1969) and Lively Band (1974) in landing the Irish Derby and Leger in the same year,

He faces a huge early challenge drawn immediately outside Irish Laurels runner-up and Derby Plate winner Ballymac Setanta, who is 6/1 second favourite outright.

English Derby runner-up Ballymac Deniro and Irish Derby finalist Wi Can James are the other greyhounds quoted in single figures for a competition won last year by Evan McAuliffe's 20/1 chance Drombeg Banner following back-to-back victories in 2023 and 2024 for Holland's Clonbrien Treaty.

BOYLE Sports (Irish St Leger, Limerick): 5 Bockos Gold, 6 Ballymac Setanta, 8 Ballymac Deniro, Wi Can James, 12 Lennies Dynamic, Getup The Boy, 14 Solo And Go, 16 Ballymac Gwennie, Hackney Dancer, Low Profile, Swords Diamond, 20 bar (e-w 1/4 1,2,3,4).