Doyle on leading home candidate in Ladbrokes St Leger

James Doyle has increased his chances of landing a coveted first British classic win after picking up the ride on Red Verdon in next Saturday's Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster.

It will be an eighth different jockey in nine starts for Ed Dunlop's chestnut who was ridden by Silvestre de Sousa to finish sixth in the Epsom Derby and fourth in Irish equivalent in June.

Since then, the son of Lemon Drop Kid, who is 10-1 with the sponsors, had Vincent Cheminaud in the plate when finishing runner-up in the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp in July.