33 runners for English St Leger at Doncaster - SportsNewsIRELAND Home / Racing / Racing: Irish Interest / 33 runners for English St Leger at Doncaster 33 runners for English St Leger at Doncaster By Paul Naughton Updated: July 24, 2014 Entries have been have released for the English St Leger, which takes place at Doncaster Racecourse on the final day of the Ladbrokes St Leger Festival, Saturday, September 13. Run over one mile, six furlongs and 132 yards, the Group One contest boasts a record prize fund of £650,000 in 2014 (up from £600,000 in 2013). Two of the past four Ladbrokes St Leger winners have been trained by John Gosden – Arctic Cosmos (2010) and Masked Marvel (2011) – and the Newmarket handler has won the final Classic four times in total.

Gosden looks to hold another strong hand this year with Investec Derby thirdRomsdal (5/1 joint-favourite with Ladbrokes) and Group Two King Edward VII Stakes victor Eagle Top (6/1) starring among his five entries. The Gosden-trained quintet also includes Cloudscape(14/1), who stayed on well when fourth in the 10-furlong Group Three Tercentenary Stakes at Royal Ascot, impressive Doncaster maiden scorer Forever Now (16/1) and Marzocco (25/1), who stayed on to take fifth in the Group One Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp on July 13. Observational (16/1) will test his Ladbrokes St Leger credentials in the 12-furlong Group Three Neptune Investment Management Gordon Stakes at Goodwood on July 30. The Roger Charlton-trained colt stayed on dourly to capture the Listed Cocked Hat Stakes by a neck from Marzocco at the same course in May, but missed the Investec Derby with a bad scope and has not run since.

Charlton reported: “We have entered Observational in the Ladbrokes St Leger and it’s a race we are looking at. “Everything is fine with him. He will go for the Gordon Stakes next and we will see how he gets on there before deciding if he needs another run before the St Leger. “I would not be too concerned about stepping up in trip.” The Goodwood contest has produced four Ladbrokes St Leger heroes since the turn of the century courtesy of Encke (2012), Arctic Cosmos (2010), Conduit (2008) and Sixties Icon (2006). It forms part of the Neptune Investment Management-backed ‘Road to the St Leger’ series, which also features the Group Two Great Voltigeur Stakes at York on August 20. Ireland’s champion trainer Aidan O’Brien saddled his fourth Ladbrokes St Leger winner last year with Leading Light and has seven entries in 2014, the most of any trainer.

The Ballydoyle septet includes Irish Derby runner-up Kingfisher (14/1) plus Listed scorer Indian Maharaja (40/1)and impressive maiden winner Granddukeoftuscany (14/1). Other possible starters for O’Brien areAdjusted (40/1), Annus Mirabilis (50/1), Blue Hussar (40/1) and Buonarroti (25/1), who was fifth at Doncaster last season in the Group One Racing Post Trophy. In addition to O’Brien’s seven entries, there are a further two entries from Ireland. John Oxx has entered the Christopher Tsui-owned Streetcar To Stars (33/1), a son of Sea The Stars who was narrowly denied in a 12-furlong Listed race at Leopardstown in June before gaining a comfortable success in a 10-furlong maiden at the Curragh later the same month. The Ladbrokes St Leger is the one English Classic to have eluded Jim Bolger and the trainer has entered dual handicap scorer Wexford Town (33/1), a full-brother to last year’s Irish Derby hero Trading Leather.

No current trainer has won the Ladbrokes St Leger more times than Godolphin’s Saeed bin Suroor who has five victories to his name, most recently Mastery in 2009. Bin Suroor’s four entries in 2014 include Elite Army (6/1), impressive winner of the King George V Handicap at Royal Ascot andTrue Story (16/1), who was last seen out when fifth in the Group One Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park on July 5. The lightly-raced Arabian Revolution (33/1) and Winter Thunder (16/1) complete the Godolphin quartet. Sir Michael Stoute famously broke his Ladbrokes St Leger duck with Conduit in 2008 and has a pair of interesting contenders in Listed Lingfield Derby Trial victor Snow Sky (16/1) and the unexposed Kings Fete (14/1). Kingston Hill (5/1 joint-favourite) enjoyed the biggest victory of his career at Doncaster in October, 2013, when he was successful in the Group One Racing Post Trophy.

The son of Mastercraftsman went on to defeat all bar Australia in the Investec Derby at Epsom Downs this season and is one of two entries for Roger Varian along with Ayrad (50/1), who was last seen out when disappointing in the French Derby at Chantilly in June. Leading Light won the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot en route to Ladbrokes St Leger glory last year and the winner of that two-mile Listed contest in 2014 was Hartnell (7/1). The Mark Johnston-trained colt has gone on to advertise his Ladbrokes St Leger credentials by landing the Group Three Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket on July 10, when he defeated the Richard Hannon-trainedWindshear (16/1). Johnston could also be represented by Somewhat (25/1), who belied his 100/1 starting price when third in the Group One Eclipse Stakes and Alex My Boy (33/1).

Andrew Balding has made entries for Scotland (25/1), who was a staying-on third behind Eagle Top at Royal Ascot and Impulsive Moment (33/1), last seen out when third in the Listed Glasgow Stakes at Hamilton on July 18. The Ed Dunlop-trained Red Galileo (33/1) came from way off the pace to take fifth in the Investec Derby, while the entries are completed by Min Alemarat (Marco Botti, 16/1), Odeon (James Given, 50/1) and Astronereus (Amanda Perrett, 25/1). There is a scratchings’ stage for the Ladbrokes St Leger on Tuesday, August 26. The five-day confirmation stage is on Monday, September 8, when there is also a £50,000 supplementary entry stage. The Ladbrokes St Leger is part of the QIPCO British Champions Series. Entries for the Group Two Champagne Stakes and the Group Two OLBG Park Stakes, which are both staged on St Leger Day, will be revealed tomorrow, Thursday, July 24.

English Race Course Gazeteer: Doncaster and York Distance: 1 mile Status:Handicap for 4 year olds and upwards As its name implies, this handicap was originally run at Lincoln racecourse. The 1902 renewal saw the three-year-old debut of a filly named Sceptre, who, after trying to make all was caught in the last stride by the year older St. Maclou. Sceptre soon made up for this defeat by becoming the only horse to have won four of the five English Classics outright. Sceptre returned to contest the Lincoln the following year, conceding over a stone to the entire field, and could do no better than fifth. With the closure of Lincoln racecourse the race was moved to Doncaster in 1965, to be run on the straight mile. Today it is the first major handicap of the English Flat Racing season, and is a race in which the draw plays a key role. It always draws a large field, although nothing like the 58 runners in 1948, which was record for a race run under Jockey Club rules.

Distance: 1mile 6 furlongs 132 yards Status: Group 1 for 3 year olds The oldest English Classic, the St. Leger was first run on Cantley Common, Doncaster, in 1776, as "A Sweepstakes," before transferring to its present location on the Town Moor two years later. It was renamed at that time after a prominent local sportsman, Lieutenant General Anthony St Leger, and was run over two miles until 1813, when its distance was shortened to 1 mile 6 furlongs and 193 yards. Those 193 yards were reduced to 132 in 1826 and further down to 127 in 1970, before reverting back to 132 in 1991. Moved around the country during the war years, the St Leger was run at Newmarket from 1915 to 1918, at Thirsk in 1940, Manchester in 1941, back at Newmarket in 1942 to 1944, and York in 1945.

In 1989 subsidence in the Doncaster straight forced the race to be abandoned, and run at Ayr the following Saturday. With the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby it forms the third leg of the English Triple Crown, a title last won in 1970 by Nijinsky II. Doncaster is a wide, galloping track with a daunting 4 furlongs home straight, and this makes the race a real test of stamina. Distance: 1 mile Status: Group 1 for 2 year olds Originally the brainchild of Timeform founder Phil Bull, this race was introduced in 1961 to provide a worthwhile opportunity for high-class two year olds bred to stay. Then known as the Timeform Gold Cup, subsequent change of sponsorship meant it was run as the Observer Gold Cup between 1965-1975 and the William Hill Futurity from 1976-1988; adopting its present title in 1989. It is run over the one mile round course at Doncaster, a flat galloping track which makes it a tough test for a juvenile, especially as the race is often contested on soft ground.

Distance: 1 miles 6 furlongs Status: Handicap for 3 year olds and upwards The historic city of York was an important town in Roman times, a fact that is reflected in the name of this race, for the Roman name for York was Eboracum. The race is now the most valuable handicap of its type in Europe, and is a chance for progressive three-year-olds to take on the more seasoned staying handicappers. In 1973 Peleid finished second in this event before going on the win the St Leger, and in 1958 Ebor Handicap winner Gladness went on to win the Ascot Gold Cup. The race was run at Pontefract in 1943 and 1944. Georgian Index - Horse Races and courses Races and Courses in Britain The first horse races on established English race courses were match races between two horses run over a course of four or five miles until a horse had won twice. When the new Thoroughbred races became established, multi-day meets, breeders and bookmakers added other sporting activities to take advantage of the crowds. Cockfighting was one of many sporting events often taking place at race meets.

As the atmosphere became more hectic those connected with horse racing found themselves in the position of competing for the attention of fans with the now numerous peripheral activities. A race with a large number of horses and shorter races allowing for more races per day kept the racing fan excited and offered a better investment return for breeders. Races became dashes of a mile-and-a-half, measured in eighths of a mile called furlongs, for a number of horses. Five races came to make up the English Classic Flat racing season: the Derby and Oaks, (both at Epsom Downs); the 2000 guineas, and the 1000 guineas (both at Newmarket), and the St. Leger. Races were mainly regional competitions because race horse's had to be walked between venues with care so that they did not arrive exhausted. The journey between Newmarket and Epsom was typically five to seven days and up to three weeks between Goodwood and Doncaster. It wasn't until 1836 that John Doe came up with the idea of having coach horses pull the race horse Elis to a distant meet in a van.

Epsom Downs; The Oaks and The Derby There were annual races at Epsom Downs by 1730. The course at Epsom is a dog-leg that is "all up and down with sharp corners." Sir Charles Bunbury (1740-1821), 6th Baronet of Barton, and Edward Smith Stanley (1752-1834), the Twelfth Earl of Derby, had the idea of a single race over a mile and a half for three-year-old fillies. Derby won the first running of the Oaks with Bridget on a Friday in May of 1779. The all-fillies race took it's name from Derby's home near Epsom, a former ale house, known as the Oaks. At a party after the running of the Oaks, a race open to colts was conceived. Lord Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury allowed the legendary coin toss to decided who should have the hon our of naming it. Lord Derby called the toss. On Thursday May 4, 1780 nine colts lined up to compete in the first running of the Derby. Bunbury won the first race with Diomed.

The first four races were run over a course of a dog-leg mile and carried a first prize of 1,075 Guineas. Later the Derby course was lengthened to the same mile-and-a-half or twelve furlongs as The Oaks. Newmarket Races The first recorded race at Newmarket took place in 1622. It was a match race between a horse belonging to Lord Salisbury and a horse of the Marquis of Buckingham. Buckingham's horse won the prize of the then enormous sum of �100. It was the ardent racing fan King Charles II who made Newmarket truly fashionable and horse racing "The Sport of Kings". Charles II employed gentleman-architect William Samwell to build a two-story brick pavilion for him at Newmarket. Work began late in 1668 and were completed in 1671. He moved his entire court there from London for the spring and fall races. Prior to 1753 there were 2 races per year, of 6-8 miles in Spring and in October. From 1753 there were 7 meetings a year run over the 4 mile Beacon Course.

Lord Bath wrote a description of racing on Newmarket Heath that appeared in The World Vol. 1, No. 17, in 1753: "When the horses are in sight, and come near Choak Jade, immediately the company all disperse, as if the Devil rose out of his Ditch and drove them, to get to the turning of the lands, or some other station for seeing the push made. Now the contention becomes animating: 'tis delightful to see two, or sometimes more, of the most beautiful animals of the creation, struggling for superiority, stretching every muscle and sinew to obtain the prize and reach the goal! to observe the skill and address of the riders, who are all distinguished by different colours of white, blue, green, red or yellow, sometimes spurring or whipping, sometimes checking or pulling, to give fresh breath and courage!

And it is often observed that the race is won as much by the dexterity of the rider, as by the vigour and fleetness of the animal." The Duke of Portland and Lord Lowther greatly improved Newmarket during the Regency period by eliminating old road tracks, using grazing sheep and burning to improve the smoothness of the turf, and manuring to produce a lush cover. The Craven, after Earl Craven, Easter Monday since 1771 The First Spring, Monday, a fortnight following. Second Spring, fortnight following est. 1753 2000 Guineas, May since 1809 1000 Guineas in May Run the day after the 2000 Guineas (always later in the month than the Oaks), est. 1814 First October, first Monday in Oct. Second October, Monday fortnight following, est 1762 Third Oct. or Houghton, fortnight following, inst 1770, lasts one week and ending the season. At Newmarket the Judges box is on wheels to be moved from finish to finish post (only at Newmarket).They proclaim winners by color.

The course has been the property of the Jockey club since 1753. Betting posts were at various places on the grounds, for the 1/2 hour period between races. Winnings were paid the following morning in the town. The St. Leger The St Leger is the world's oldest Thoroughbred race. It is the fifth and final Classic of the British Flat racing season. The St Leger held at Doncaster in September is a four-day meeting. Run over two miles, a longer distance than the Derby and the Oaks, the St Leger is more a test of stamina than speed. Racing at Doncaster in York predates the St. Leger. The Doncaster Cup has been run since 1766. Men knew the open Heath at Newmarket was a great place for driving and riding horses before the Roman's arrived. A group of sportsmen arranged a new sweepstakes race for 3 year olds over a 2 mile course at Cantley Common near Doncaster on September 24, 1776.

Early in 1778 at a dinner held at the Red Lion in Doncaster for the race subscribers, Lord Rockingham suggested the race be named for the popular Colonel Anthony St. Leger of Park Hill, near Doncaster. It was run for the first time with the name St Leger in 1778. That year it was moved to the Town Moor. In 1803 the King's Plate from the defunct Burford Meeting was transfered to the St. Leger. Architect John Carr (1723-1807) built a new grandstand in 1806. For the the first 30 years of the 19th Century the St. Leger was the most successful of the race meetings. In 1813 the racing distance was reduced to 1 mile 6 furlongs 193 yards. From 1814 it was run on the St. Leger Course. The St. Leger course was a broad straight 'galloping' track. The race has had problems and controversy. The 1819 race was run twice.

There was a chase to distant betting towns when the favorite was pulled up in training. Antonio won, but the local stewards ordered a second running in which Antonio did not compete. The Jockey Club overruled the stewards and returned the title. In 1829 there was such an invasion of roughnecks and cheats that they had to be chased out of town. Ascot While Queen Anne was riding on the edge of Windsor Great Park in 1711, she noticed a natural clearing near the village of East Cote. Queen Anne ordered her Master of the Buckhounds, The Duke of Somerset, to lay out a course 'for horses to gallop at full stretch'. The Royal Racecourse was Ascot. The original course was designed by the Duke and constructed at a cost of some 606 pounds, 17 shillings and 1 pence. The first day's racing was held on Saturday 11th August 1711 and the second on Monday 13th August when horses competed for The Queen's Plate worth �100. In 1714 racing was cancelled following the death of Queen Anne.

Subsequently there was only one more day's racing before the course was closed. The Duke of Cumberland took up residence in one of the Lodges in Windsor Great Park and began breeding race horses at Cranbourne Lodge . He revived Ascot. The first four-day meeting was held in late June 1768, and has continued to the present day. George IV began the Royal Procession in 1825. Goodwood The Goodwood racecourse, called the "most beautiful racecourse in the world", is northeast of Chichester in West Sussex on the Goodwood estate, ancestral home of the Dukes of Richmond. The Goodwood Cup Races are held starting on the last Tuesday of July, and lasting four days. The principal race is Thursday, called the "Cup Day." The course was created by Charles Lennox (1735-1806) the 3rd Duke of Richmond on a part of the estate called Charlton Downs. The first race, in 1801, was organized for the officers of the Sussex militia, of which the 3rd Duke was a Colonel, and for members of the Goodwood Hunt.

It was such a success that the race was expanded and made open to the public for the second race held on April 28, 1802. The Goodwood course was further improved by Charles Gordon-Lennox (1791-1860) 5th Duke of Richmond. The Goodwood was patronized by the Prince of Wales after he left Newmarket in a huff over the Escape affair in 1791. Fleur-de-lis a mare owned by the Prince of Wales placed first at Goodwood, followed by two more of his horses at 2nd and 3rd, in a single race. The Jockey Club Rowlandson lampoons the members of the Jockey Club in circa 1790. The print portrays: Prince of Wales (at Center), Duke of York, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Bolton, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Grafton, Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Queensbury, and Duke of St. Albans; Lord Barrymore, Lord Clermont, Lord Egremont, Lord Foley, Lord Grosvenor, and Lord Ossory; Sir Charles Bunbury, Sir John Lade, Mr. Fox, Mr.

Panton, Mr. Vernon, and Mr. Wastell. In 1750 a group of powerful men interested in horse racing met at the Star and Garter Tavern in Pall Mall where they formed the Jockey Club . In 1752 the Club acquired land at Newmarket for a Coffee Room. In 1757 a dispute at Curragh was referred to the Jockey Club in Newmarket. In 1758 the club drew up rules published by Heber. In 1762 the 19 member Jockey Club wrote complete rules of racing and sanctioned racecourses to conduct meetings under those rules. Standards were set defining the quality of races. A registry of colors for each racehorse owner in order to distinguish runners among a field of horses was established following a resolution of the Stewards of the Jockey Club dated October 4th 1762. Eighteen owners shared seventeen sets of colors in the first list published in the Racing Calendar.

Since 1814, five races for three-year-old horses have been designated as "classics." Three of these races, open to colts and fillies, make up the English Triple Crown: the 2,000 Guineas, the Epsom Derby, and the St. Leger Stakes. The other two races, open to fillies only, are the 1,000 Guineas and the Epsom Oaks. As Senior Steward of the Jockey Club, it was Sir Charles Bunbury who banned the jockey Sam Chifney for life after the suspect performances of a horse called Escape, owned by the Prince of Wales, in a race with Gray Diomed in 1791. On 20th October 1791 the Prince of Wales' horse Escape ridden by Sam Chifney was badly beaten at Newmarket, only to run again the next day and win easily at 5-1 against. There was an enquiry. The Prince of Wales gave Chifney �200 after he was banned. Bunbury was so disillusioned that he sold almost all of his horses and did not attend a race meeting for 14 years.

The Jockey Club assigned James Weatherby , the club accountant, to trace the pedigree, of every horse then racing in England. Consolidation of a number of privately-kept pedigree records added to his own research resulted in a document published in 1791 as the "Introduction to the General Stud Book" . The book listed the pedigrees of 387 mares, each of which could be traced back to Eclipse, a direct descendent of the Darley Arabian; Matchem, a grandson of the Godolphin Arabian; and Herod, whose great-great grandsire was the Byerly Turk. From 1793 to the present, members of the Weatherby family have meticulously recorded the pedigree of every foal born to those racehorses in subsequent volumes of the "General Stud Book". "Dictators of the Turf" 1st "Dictator of the Turf"--Charles II laid down Racing Rules and made himself Adjudicator and Court of Appeal.

2nd "Dictator of the Turf"--Tregonwell Frampton appointed Racing Manager by Charles II Influential Stewards Lord George Bentinck (1802-1848)--4th "Racing Dictator of the Turf," Admiral Henry John Rous (1795-1877)--steward from 1838, public handicapper from 1855, wrote The Laws and Practice of Horse Racing Officials The Jockey club laid down the rules for horse racing and created offices to carry out the rules. Much of the race day pomp was added by the Prince of Wales during his tenure in the Jockey Club. Buglers and outriders appareled in uniforms and the bugle call all add to the pageantry. The Clerk of Scales weighs out jockeys prior to every race and checks that correct weight, colors and number are carried. After the race he again weighs in jockeys to ensure correct weight was carried. The Bugler The bugler sounds the familiar "first call" based on the calvary "boots and saddle" bugle call as the horses step onto the track before each race.

The Judges Doncaster Racing & Events, Yorkshire: 01302 304200 Doncaster Races Limited Registration: England No: 2020650, Vat No. 614469044 Arena Racing Company. Registered Office: Arena Racing Corporation Ltd, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP Copyright © 2013 Arena Racing Corporation Ltd. All rights reserved. The St. Leger Stakes - History, Race Information and Betting : 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 132 yards : Three year olds only The Inaugural St. Leger Stakes The St. Leger Stakes was the idea of Anthony St. Leger, an officer in the British Army and a Member of Parliament. He introduced the race to the British racing calendar with the assistance of Charles Watson-Wentworth, the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. It was first run at Cantley Common, in September 1776, but it wasn’t actually known as the St. Leger Stakes then.

The race was originally named “A Sweepstake of 25 Guineas”. The inaugural race was run over two miles, with colts and geldings having to carry eight stone and fillies receiving an allowance of two pounds. It was won by a filly owned by Watson-Wentworth. The horse was unnamed at the time, but later given the name Allabaculia. A New Name and Other Changes The St. Leger Stakes got its new name the following year. A dinner party was held to discuss the second running of the race, and it was proposed that the race should be named the Rockingham Stakes after the Marquess of Rockingham. The Marquess himself, however, suggested it should be named after Anthony St. Leger, and the race was duly named the St. Leger Stakes. The new name was not the only change the St. Leger Stakes has undergone. In 1778 the race was moved to Doncaster Racecourse (known then as Town Moor), which has been home to the race ever since except on a few occasions when it has been moved for various reasons.

It took place at various alternative locations during World War II, for example, and was run at York in 2006 due to Doncaster Racecourse being redeveloped. The distance of the race has also changed. It was reduced from two miles to one mile, six furlongs and 193 yards in 1813. There have been further minor changes to the distance over the years too. It is currently one mile, six furlongs and 132 years, which makes it the longest of the five British Classics. Another change to the rules was made in 1906, when geldings were excluded from taking part. The Modern St. Leger Stakes As one of the British Classics – the oldest one, in fact – the St. Leger Stakes remains an important event in the racing calendar. It is part of the four day St. Leger Festival, which is considered a major highlight of the autumn schedule and attracts large audiences both at the track and on television. The prestige of the race is reflected in the size of its purse, which is well over half a million pounds. The role of the St.

Leger Stakes as the final leg of the Triple Crown is less significant than it used to be though, as it is very rare for a horse to win both the Derby and the 2,000 Guineas these days. The only horse to do so in recent years was Camelot in 2012, but he could only manage second place in the St. Leger and so failed to win the Triple Crown. Betting On the St. Leger Stakes Like so many other top class horse races, the St. Leger Stakes is regularly a very competitive one. There is occasionally a clear favorite for the race, but there are usually several horses in realistic contention. This makes it a difficult race to bet on. Ante-post betting is available months before the race takes place, but it is very challenging to pick a winner well in advance. With that being said, there is sometimes some value to be had in the early prices if you know what you’re looking for. If you leave your betting until nearer the time of the race, you’ll have a clearer idea of the form of the field.

As the race is late on in the flat season, you will be able to see how the runners have performed as three year olds. This gives you much more to go on and, for most bettors, is probably the best approach to take. Recent Winners The following table shows the winners of the St. Leger Stakes over the last ten years, along with the jockeys, trainers, and owners. Year St. Leger Stakes - English Triple Crown Horse Race held at Doncaster Racecourse, Doncaster - Races.com.au Inaugurated: 1776 The St. Leger Stakes is the third and final race in the esteemed England Triple Crown series. Run over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 132 yards on a left-handed turf track, this Group 1 Classic race is held at the Doncaster Racecourse in September each year. Only three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies can qualify for this event and compete for the ?500 000 offered in prize money. First run on 24 September 1776 when the filly Allabaculia claimed victory, the St.

Leger Stakes is the oldest and longest distanced of Great Britain?s five Classics. This race is also the third leg of the Fillies Triple Crown, which starts with the 1000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom Oaks. When betting on the St. Leger, punters backing the ante-post favourites in recent years have had much success with 11 of the past 16 races won by the favourite. Because the St. Leger is the last of the Classics to take place and is held late in the season, there are plenty of lead-up races and chances for punters get a good idea of the performance and current form of the horses contending this race. It is important to look at the career statistics of not only the runners but their trainers and jockeys as well. Over the last decade, Irish trainer Aidan O?Brien has produced three winners, Scorpion (2005), Brian Boru (2003) and Milan (2001); his entries are often a good bet for the St. Leger. Another trainer who has dominatee the St. Leger scene in recent years is the famous Godolphin stables?

Saeed bin Suroor. Four horses trained by Suroor have claimed victory in the St. Leger, Classic Cliche (1995), Nedwai (1998), Mutafaweq (1999) and most recently Rule of Law in 2004. So keep an eye on any entries trained by Suroor in the next St. Leger Stakes. Because of the long distance of this event, looking at the performances of three-year-olds over similar distance races of around two miles in the months leading up to the St. Leger can be a great indication of which horses have the stamina and fitness to excel in the event. There are a range of quality prep races for the St. Leger, including the Group 2 Great Voltigeur Stakes (1 mile 4 furlongs). This is often the last race St. Leger entries will run prior to the event, and it has been an excellent guide in recent years as six of the last ten St. Leger winners placed within the top four in the Great Voltigeur, including Lucarno in 2007.

Other key lead-up races to watch are the: Group 1 Irish Derby (1 mile 4 furlongs) at Curragh in late June Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes (1 mile 4 furlongs) at Ascot in June Group 3 Gordon Stakes (1 mile 4 furlongs) at Goodwood in late July In the last ten years five St. Leger winners finished within the top five in the Irish Derby and three horses managed to win the Gordon Stakes and the St. Leger in the same season. Many runners may also have competed in the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Epsom Derby (1 mile 4 furlongs) in early June. Any of these prep races, when combined with the St. Leger, make some of the most popular betting doubles with English bookies and punters. If you can pick the horse to claim victory in two of these race you will see a very profitable return! The English Triple Crown, although still considered one of the most coveted feats in thoroughbred racing, has not been won since Nijinsky II in 1970.

Recently Triple Crown contenders that have previously run in the first two legs of the series, the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby, have not been seen on the field for the St. Leger. Many now say that a St. Leger victory would decrease the stud value of a Guineas and Derby winner, as the horse may display stamina but the victory implies a lack of the very lucrative racing attribute, speed. St. Leger Stakes ? Records: Race Record: 3:01.90 set by Lucarno in 2007. In 2006 Sixties Icon ran the race in 2:57.29 but the event was contested at York over a shorter distance. Most Successful Jockey: Rider Bill Scott amassed and incredible nine St.

Leger victories over his career with Jack Spigot (1821), Memnon (1825), The Colonel (1828), Rowton (1829), Don John (1838), Charles the Twelfth (1839), Launcelot (1840), Satirist (1841) and Sir Tatton Skyes (1846). Most Successful Trainer: John Scott boasts one of the world?s most impressive training record, producing an amazing 16 St. Leger winners; Matilda (1827), The Colonel (1828), Rowton (1829), Margrave (1832), Touchstone (1834), Don John (1838), Charles the Twelfth (1839), Launcelot (1840), Satirist (1841), The Baron (1845), Newminster (1851), West Australian (1853), Warlock (1856), Imperieuse (1857), Gamester (1859) and The Marquis (1862).

St. Leger Stakes ? Recent Race Results: Year St. Leger Binary Option Trading St. Leger Held as the highlight of the 4 day long annual British St. Leger Festival, the St. Leger Stakes flat race is a group 1 open for 3 year old colts and fillies which run a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlong and 132 yards at the left handed turf Doncaster racecourse when the colts carry a weight of 9 st and the fillies carry 8 st 11 lb. The St. Leger Festival and the St. Leger Stakes race are held at the beginning of September every year when the St. Leger race is the final part of the horse racing events set called the English Triple Crown following the 2,000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby and is also considered to be the final part of the Fillies’ Triple Crown, following the 1,000 Guineas and the Epsom Oaks. The race is Britain’s oldest among the five British Classic Races and was established in 1776. Winner of the St.

Leger Stakes receives a purse of £500,000. History of the St. Leger The St. Leger is named after Anthony St. Leger, an army officer and diplomat who lived near Doncaster and was the descendant of the well known St. Leger family. Having a history of breeding and racing horses in the Park Hill estate at Fireback and with the help of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, St. Leger established a 2 mile race intended for 3 year old horses on the Cantley Common at Doncaster where the first race, yet to be named St. Leger Stakes, was run for the first time on 24 September 1776. Winner of the first St. Leger race was the Marquess of Rockingham, winning with an unnamed filly which was later given the name Allabaculia. At first it was suggested that the race will be named after its host, the Marquess of Rockingham, as the Rockingham Stakes, but the Marquess denied the offer and suggested it would be named after its founder, Anthony St. Leger.

A year later the race was moved to its current location in Town Moor. The race was of no national interest until a horse named Champion registered the first Derby – St. Leger double. Later on the race was shortened to a distance of 1 mile 6 furlong and 193 yards which is more or less the distance it is being run today. In 1853 the Horse West Australian was the first to ever complete the match for the English Triple Crown. The race location was altered many times during the WWII and in 2006 when Doncaster underwent comprehensive redevelopment and the race was held at York. The St. Leger became a role model of a race for other similar races names after the original race. These races are the Irish St. Leger, Prix Royal-Oak, Deutsches St. Leger and St. Leger Italiano. St. Leger Modern Times The St. Leger Festival and St. Leger Stakes are celebrated every year in September and are a profound marking in the British Social Calendar. The St. Leger Festival is a 4 day meeting when each day holds a 6 races and a different theme.

Its popularity is immense and many racegoers and bettors book tickets and hospitably months in advance. It is almost safe to say the St. Leger Festival is more popular than it was in the past and that every year more and more horse racing enthusiasts discover the thrill and charm the St. Leger Festival harbors with its highlight race the St. Leger Stakes. Ladbrokes St Leger | Doncaster Racecourse | Betting St Leger Ladbrokes St Leger� - 13th September, 2014 John Gosden's Romsdal was a fine third in the Investec Derby earlier in the season, where he stayed on in eye-catching fashion past beaten horses and the Halling colt may attempt to show that class staying form on Saturday afternoon when he heads to Doncaster to line up in the Ladbrokes St Leger.. Kingston Hill was comfortably clear of Romsdal in the aforementioned Derby when finishing a cracking second to Australia and connections will be hope that in the lead-up to the race Town Moor will have some rain as he relishes a bit of give in the going.

Mark Johnston's Hartnell showed his staying ability when landing the Queen's Vase and then went on to land victory in the Bahrain Trophy and will relish this test of stamina, whilst Richard Hannon's Windshear was beaten by Snow Sky in the Gordon Stakes at Glorious Goodwood and that pair are set to lock horns again and should be a factor. Forever Now and Alex My Boy fought out a Listed event last time out with the former just prevailing and they have been backed in recent weeks for the contest, whilst the likes of Granddukeoftuscany and Kings Fete are a couple of exciting double-figured prices who will prove popular with punters. Latest Betting for 2014 Ladbrokes St Leger 5/2 Kingston Hill Open an account with Ladbrokes where you can get �100 worth of Free Bets. St Leger Stakes History The St Leger Stakes is the final Classic of the British flat season and is run at Doncaster towards the end of each season; it is also the final part of the English Triple Crown for three-year-old horses following on from the 2000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby .

It is perhaps the toughest leg of the Triple Crown to win for any horse who has won the 2000 Guineas and the Derby as it is run over the furthest distance, it is very rare to find a horse who has the pace to win the Guineas over a mile and the stamina to win over 1 mile 6 furlongs at Doncaster in the St Leger. The St Leger is the oldest of the classic races in the UK having first been run all the way back in 1776 when it was won by a horse called Allabaculia. Since then we have seen some of the best staying three-year olds win the race at Doncaster with perhaps the most famous of them all being Nijinsky who of course completed the Triple Crown at Doncaster when winning in 1970. Nijinsky was a sensational horse and his win in the St Leger was perhaps his most famous victory as he wrote his name into the record books, and he remains the last horse to pick up the Triple Crown.

Another St Leger record breaker is Sixties Icon who stormed to victory in 2006 in a sensational time of 2m 57.29s for Frankie Dettori and trainer Jeremy Noseda when the race was run at York. Punters are well advised to take note of the St Leger trial races through the season with the Great Voltigeur Stakes is perhaps the most telling of those, the Voltigeur is run at the Ebor Meeting at York in August and often proves to be the final prep race for some of the horses heading to Doncaster the following month. Lucarno is one horse that did the Voltigeur and St Leger double in 2007 for John Gosden and it would be no surprise to see that as a popular route this season. John Gosden has a great record in the St Leger over recent years and he also has the most recent winner of the race in his yard having won in 2010 with the excellent Arctic Cosmos claiming the win at Doncaster. Like the other classic races in the UK, the St Leger has spawned several different versions around the world with top class equivalents in Ireland and Italy among many other countries.

This serves to highlight the important of the St Leger which is one of the great races on the calendar in the UK; it continues to be a target for the big yards as well as being one of the biggest betting races of the season for punters. Recent Winners of the St Leger Stakes ��� 2000 - Millenary History HISTORY ST LEGER WINNERS Doncaster is one of the oldest established centres for horse racing in Britain, with records of regular race meetings going back to the 16th century. In 1600 the corporation tried to put an end to the races because of the number of ruffians they attracted, but by 1614 it acknowledged failure and instead marked out a racecourse. Ladbrokes St. Leger Festival The earliest important race was the Doncaster Gold Cup, first run over Cantley Common in 1766, ten years before a move to the racecourse's present location. In 1776 Colonel Anthony St. Leger founded a race in which five horses ran. This race has remained in existence and become the world's oldest classic race.

During the first world war the racecourse was used for military purposes and substitute races were run at Newmarket from 1915 to 1918. Doncaster has the distinction of both starting and ending the flat season on turf. Every September, Doncaster hosts the prestigious four-day St. Leger Festival, which is acclaimed as the premier sporting occasion of the Autumn calender. Doncaster has also taken over events whose traditional homes have closed, such as the Lincoln in 1965. More history was made at Doncaster in 1992 when it staged the first ever Sunday meeting on a British racecourse, a crowd of 23,000 turned up despite there being no betting. Today, after more than four hundred years of racing, the St. Leger is undoubtedley still the highlight of Doncaster's year. Throughout the racing calendar there is a full programme of top class racing, with flat racing in the summer and jumping action all winter.

early leger Early running of the St Leger B&W Historical Jockey John Singleton with the first ever St Leger winner in 1776 Allabaculia The Lincoln THE WILLIAM HILL LINCOLN FACTS AND FIGURES A race called the Lincolnshire Handicap was first run over two miles at Lincoln in August, 1849. In 1853, a new fixture was staged at Lincoln in February and featured a race called the Lincoln Spring Handicap,run over a mile and a half and won by Caurire. The distance of this contest was reduced to a mile in 1855 and moved to a date in March. In 1859, the two races merged to become the Lincolnshire Handicap, run over a mile in March. The Lincolnshire Handicap was run at Lincoln (AThe Carholme@) up to and including 1964. Following that course's closure, the race moved to Doncaster in 1965 and was renamed the Lincoln Handicap.

Along with the Grand National, the William Hill Lincoln forms the ASpring Double.@ Jockey Dave Dick achieved the unique distinction of winning both races - he scored in the Lincoln of 1941 on Gloaming, carrying just 7st 4lb and went to triumph in the ADevon Loch@ Grand National of 1956 on ESB, who shouldered 11st 3lb to victory. During World War II, three runnings were held at Pontefract (1943-1945). The 1916 renewal was at Lingfield, while there was no race in 1917 or 1918 due to World War I. Due to a Â£34 million redevelopment at Doncaster, the 2006 renewal was held at Redcar, while in 2007 the race was hosted by Newcastle. It returned to a revamped Doncaster in 2008.

The dozen winners of the William Hill Lincoln between 1926 and 1937 (King Of Clubs (1926), Priory Park (1927), Dark Warrior (1928), Elton (1929), Leonidas II (1930), Knight Error (1931), Jerome Fandor (1932), Dorigen (1933), Play On (1934), Flamenco (1935), Overcoat (1936) and Marmaduke Jinks (1937)) gave their names to the horses used in the popular board game Totopoly. There have been only two dual winners of the William Hill Lincoln - Ob (1906 & 1907) and Babur (1957 & 1958). No horse has managed to win more than once since the race was transferred to Town Moor. The biggest shocks came with the 100/1 shots King Of Clubs (1926), Elton (1929) and Jockey Treble (1947).

Since it has been run at Doncaster, the biggest-price winner was the 50/1 shot Bronze Hill (1973) while there have been six 33/1 successes during the same period - Southwark Star (1975), Cuvee Charlie (1988), Evichstar (1990), Roving Minstrel (1995), Stone Ridge (1996) and Zucchero (2002). The shortest-price winner was Saucebox (1855, Evens). During its time at Doncaster, eigth favourites have obliged - Riot Act (1966), Captains Wings (1978), Cataldi (1985), Right Wing (1999), John Ferneley (2000), Nimello (2001), Stream Of Gold (2005) and Expresso Star (2009). Since its transfer to Doncaster, the most successful trainer has been Paul Cole, with three wins (Kuala Lipis 1997, John Ferenely, 2000 and Nimello, 2001).

Jimmy Fortune, successful in 2000, 2001 and 2009, is the only jockey since 1965 to win the race on three occasions. Richard Quinn and Jimmy Quinn are the only other current jockeys to have won the race twice, joining Scobie Breasley, Sandy Barclay, Edward Hide and Greville Starkey. The Lincoln was one of the few races to elude Lester Piggott. Since 1965, Cataldi (1985) and Babodana (2004) share the honour of having carried the biggest weight to victory - 9st 10lb. The lowest winning weight during the same period was the 7st 3lb carried by Southwark Star (1975). The Grimthorpe Chase Historical Doncaster This Doncaster race has a long and varied history but is now a prime stop on the road to Aintree. The Grimthorpe Chase, run here at Doncaster, has had a varied and intermittent history. Some years it dipped out of the programme book completely while at other times the distance of the race has been radically altered.

However in the spirit of Charles Darwin, whose The Origin of Species is currently celebrating its 150th anniversary, the Grimthorpe which may once have been teetering on the edge of extinction has adapted to suit prevailing conditions evolving into a leading Grand National trial. The eponymous Grimthorpe family have been involved in racing for many years. Ralph Beckett, the third Baron Grimthorpe owned Fragrant Mac, who won the 1952 Scottish Grand National, as well as Fortina who was victorious in the 1947 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Fortina went on to sire Fort Leney and Glencaraig Lady who emulated his feat at Prestbury Park. Christopher Beckett, the fourth Baron, was a member of the Jockey Club and director of Thirsk Racecourse. Prior to the early 1980s the Grimthorpe was run over two miles and 150 yards, taking place on the same card as the Rossington Main Hurdle. The distance was then upped dramatically nearly doubling to a stamina testing four miles and 100 yards.

The 1987 renewal, over the longer trip, included the winners of the last three Scottish Nationals in the form of dual-winner Androma and Hardy Lad. The latter won the race however third-placed Little Polveir went on to win at Ayr, reversing the placings with Hardy Lad, and followed up two years later in the Grand National. The distance was changed again to the current trip of three and a quarter miles in the 1990s when it was run as the Velka Pardubicka Grimthorpe Chase. This provided a tie-in with the famous race run in the Czech Republic (previously Bohemia) which is an exacting challenge over varied obstacles, including sections over ploughed fields. The Velka Parubicka course was based on the Grand National course of the 1880s inspired by the Aintree success of Bohemia-born Count Kinsky on his own Zoedene. ***WIN tickets to see UB40!*** LIKE & SHARE if you love live music at Doncaster Racecourse! We are giving FIVE lucky winners the chance to enjoy live music from the official UB40 following an evening of exciting racing! ...

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Question: The St Leger is run at which English racecourse?
Answer: Doncaster