The final Classic of the flat racing season, the historic St Leger Festival, takes place this week.The famous meeting is held over four days at Doncaster Racecourse and features the oldest horse race in the world – the St Leger Stakes.Doncaster is the traditional home of the St Leger FestivalGettyThe St Leger Stakes, the oldest and longest of Britain’s five Classic races, marks its 250th anniversary in 2026, having first been run way back in 1776.Aidan O’Brien-trained Scandinavia took victory last year, ridden by Tom Marquand.And it’s time to do it all again…St Leger Festival 2026: Dates and start timesThis year’s St Leger Festival runs from Thursday, September 10 to Sunday, September 13.It features 31 races in all, with eight on each of the first three days and seven on the final day.Racing begins at 1:15pm on Thursday and Friday, with the final race on both days starting at 5:20pm.On Saturday, the action gets underway at 1:10pm BST with the last race at 5:23pm.And on Sunday, the first race is at 1:25pm and the final one at 4:50pm.Each of the days has its own distinct theme.The showpiece St Leger Stakes race is scheduled for Saturday, September 12GettySt Leger Festival 2026: Betting tipstalkSPORT.com will provide you with all the latest tips and free bet offers throughout the festival.Odds will be available on talkSPORT BET and our resident tipster will be selecting multiple picks for each day of racing.You can check the current odds for the St Leger Festival at talkSPORT BET.St Leger Festival 2026: talkSPORT coveragetalkSPORT 2 has live coverage of all the action from the St Leger Festival with Emmet Kennedy, Daryl Jacob and Louis Steward.Listen talkSPORT through the website or find us on DAB digital radio through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.Download and listen to all our live commentaries via the talkSPORT app, whilst talkSPORT is also available to watch on Samsung TV Plus.Subscribe to the talkSPORT YouTube channel for news, views and analysis plus our regular goals show and for more, follow us on talkSPORT Facebook and talkSPORT on X.For the latest odds and bet boosts for every big event, visit talkSPORT BET.If you want to watch the action on TV, you can tune in to watch free-to-air coverage on ITV.You can follow the action from the St Leger Festival live on talkSPORTGettySt Leger Stakes odds The showpiece St Leger Stakes will be run at 3:35pm on Saturday, September 12 and the latest odds for the race are as follows:Christmas Day 7/4Enceladus 9/4Pierre Bonnard 5/2Hatteen 12/1Highwayman 14/1Amelia Earhart 20/1Galiyan 25/1Alderman 33/1Golden Story 33/1Piazza San Marco 33/1Rebel Rocker 66/1Action 100/1St Leger Festival 2026: ScheduleThursday, September 10: Ladies Day13:15 – British Stallion Studs ‘Carrie Red’ EBF Fillies’ Nursery (Class 2)13:50 – Weatherbys 300,000 2-Y-O Stakes (Class 2)14:25 – Pertemps Network Handicap (Class 2)15:00 – Betfred Park Hill Fillies’ Stakes (Class 1) 15:35 – Betfred May Hill Stakes (Class 1)16:10 – Meadowhall X Flannels Beauty Bar Nursery (Class 3)16:45 – East Midlands Airport And JET2 Nursery (Class 3)17:20 – Pertemps Handicap (Class 3) Friday, September 11: Gents Day13:15 – Betfred Flying Scotsman Stakes (Class 1)13:50 – Betfred Leger Legends Classified Stakes (Class 5)14:25 – Carlsberg Danish Pilsner Flying Childers Stakes (Class 1)15:00 – Betfred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup Stakes (Class 1)15:35 – British Stallion Studs EBF Premier Fillies’ Handicap (Class 2)16:10 – Coopers Marquees EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes (Class 2)16:45 – Tanbry Construction Nursery (Class 4) 17:20 – Pertemps Network Handicap (Class 4)Saturday, September 12: St Leger Day13:10 – British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (Class 2)13:45 – Betfred Champagne Stakes (Class 1)14:20 – Betfred Portland (Class 2)14:55 – Betfred Park Stakes (Class 1)15:35 – Betfred St Leger Stakes (Class 1) 16:15 – Pertemps Network Handicap (Class 2) 16:48 – PJ Towey Handicap (Class 2) Sunday, September 13: Sunday Funday13:25 – Land Of Lights Festival At Gullivers Handicap (Class 3)13:55 – Betfred [the Classic Bookmaker (Class 2)14:30 – Betfred City Of Doncaster Handicap (Class 2) 15:05 – Japan Racing Association Sceptre Fillies’ Stakes (Class 1)15:40 – Betfred Mallard Handicap (Class 2)16:15 – I Love Julie Parkes Handicap (Class 4)16:50 – Duncan Pearce Memorial Handicap Apprentice Handicap (Class 4)