Pune: The Gourmet Renaissance Indian St Leger (Gr 1), the fifth and the final Classic of the 2015-16 racing calendar, will be run at the Pune monsoon track on Saturday. Despite the rich stakes of Rs 6 million on offer, only seven four-year-olds have entered the fray, and this sparse participation may have a lot to do with the presence of trainer S Padmanabhan's Desert God in the fray.

The champion colt by Burden of Proof out of Running Flame has not lost a single race this season, and will be bidding for a ninth straight win, having won overall 11 races from 16 starts during his peripatetic career, scoring victories at all Indian racetracks except Mysore.