SEVILLE IN SWEET VOLTIGEUR 16

Seville, second in the Irish Derby and Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, tops 16 six-day acceptors for the sportingbet.com Great Voltigeur Stakes at York.

Wednesday's race is a key trial for the Ladbrokes St Leger and Aidan O'Brien, trainer of Seville, has five other entries with Admiral Of The Red, Apache, Freedom, Marksmanship and Regent Street.

Sea Moon, related to the dam of Workforce, is set to represent Sir Michael Stoute and is another leading Leger fancy in the race.

Namibian, winner of the Gordon Stakes, is among the entries but Fiorente, runner-up at Goodwood, isn't.

Mark Johnston, trainer of Namibian, also has Dordogne, Eternal Heart and Sadler's Risk entered.

Godolphin have both Genius Beast and Hunter's Light in the race with Brown Panther, seemingly set for the Geoffrey Freer at Newbury on Saturday, Al Kazeem and Thimaar completing the field.

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