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Idaho in pole position to pull off oldest trick in the book

Idaho: bidding to give Aidan O'Brien a fifth St Leger victory
Idaho: bidding to give Aidan O'Brien a fifth St Leger victoryCredit: Patrick McCann

That which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.

The words are even older than the St Leger, more than 2,000 years older as they are part of the wisdom that Ecclesiastes gives to the Old Testament.

Yet they apply perfectly to Idaho's appearance at Doncaster. This is the world's oldest classic and when you have been going for 240 years you tend to have seen most things before.

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