The final Classic of the flat racing season, the historic St Leger Festival, is almost here.The famous meeting takes place 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 nearly 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.St Leger Festival daysThursday, September 10: Ladies DayFriday, September 11: Gents DaySaturday, September 12: St Leger DaySunday, September 13: Sunday FundayThe 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 has live coverage of all the action from the St Leger Festival.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.For the latest odds and bet boosts for every big event, visit talkSPORT BET.You can follow the action from the St Leger Festival live on talkSPORTGettySubscribe 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.If you want to watch the action on TV, you can tune in to watch free-to-air coverage on ITV.St Leger Festival 2026: ScheduleA full day-by-day schedule for the racing will follow soon.The showpiece St Leger Stakes will be run at 3:40pm on Saturday, September 12.The antepost odds for the race are as follows: Christmas Day 7/4Pierre Bonnard 11/4Enceladus 11/4Del Maro 8/1Highwayman 14/1Hatteen 16/1Alderman 33/1Galiyan 33/1Piazza San Marco 33/1Amelia Earhart 40/1Montreal 40/1Zia Zabel 40/1Golden Story 50/1Action 66/1Rebel Rocker 66/1Port Of Spain 100/1