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'He keeps improving' - Crowley hoping Hukum can end his Classic wait in St Leger

Hukum: warmed up for the St Leger by winning the Geoffrey Freer last month
Hukum: warmed up for the St Leger by winning the Geoffrey Freer last monthCredit: Edward Whitaker

Jim Crowley has high hopes the improving Hukum can cap a superb season for the former jump jockey by giving him a first Classic victory in the Pertemps St Leger on Saturday.

Crowley, the retained rider for Hukum's owner-breeder Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, has previous with the world's oldest Classic, finishing runner-up on Talent in 2013 and Crystal Ocean three years ago.

He also came off second best in the 2013 Oaks, which Talent won, when Crowley partnered her Ralph Beckett-trained stablemate Secret Gesture.

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James BurnLambourn correspondent

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