By Tom Frary
Aidan O'Brien has whittled his G1 St Leger team down to three sons of Galileo (Ire) after the final confirmations were made for the Doncaster Classic on Thursday morning. Wayne Lordan will partner the G2 Queen's Vase winner and G1 Grand Prix de Paris runner-up Illinois (Ire), who will be joined as expected by the unbeaten G3 Gordon Stakes-winning TDN Rising Star Jan Brueghel (Ire) and the emphatic G3 Irish St Leger Trial Stakes winner Grosvenor Square (Ire). Jockeys for the latter pair have yet to be announced. Sean Levey rides Jan Breughel, with Gavin Ryan handed a big opportunity on Grosvenor Square.
The withdrawal of Los Angeles (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Euphoric (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Align The Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) means that seven will line up for the extended 14-furlong test, with the chief opposition to an eighth renewal for Ballydoyle being Valmont and Newsells Park Stud Bloodstock's supplemented G1 Irish Oaks heroine You Got To Me (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) and Guy Pariente Holding and Qatar Racing's G1 Irish Derby runner-up Sunway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}). Green Team Racing's Derby fourth Deira Mile (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) and the outsider Wild Waves (Ire) (Crystal Ocean {GB}) complete the line-up.
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