The 43rd running of the Irish St Leger was held on Wednesday 18th September 1957 over 1 mile 6 furlongs of The Curragh. The winner was owned by Prince Aly Khan, trained by Alec Head and ridden by J Massard. The winner won £6000, winning by a length in 3 minutes 13.4 seconds, with a short head between second and third.

IRISH ST LEGER 1957

OMMEYAD (Bay colt by Hyperion out of Minaret) SR 1945

The winning owner won £6000 (The equivalent of £142,100 in 2018 terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos. Horse Age/Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 OMMEYAD 3 9st 0lbs J Massard Prince Aly Khan Alec Head
2 PRIMERA 3 9st 0lbs Ken Gethin   Kevin Kerr
3 SOLARTICKLE 3 9st 0lbs John Wright Mr Joseph McGrath Seamus McGrath
4 STAR PRINCE 3 9st 0lbs Jimmy Eddery Mr Joseph McGrath Seamus McGrath
5 VIC ROSE 3 9st 0lbs Peadar Matthews    
6 NO COMPLAINT 3 9st 0lbs T P Burns    
7 AMPLEFORTH 3 9st 0lbs   Miss E R Sears Charles Rogers
8 RYTHMIC LIGHT 3 9st 0lbs F Barlow    
9 HINDU FESTIVAL 3 9st 0lbs T M Burns Mr C F Myerscough Paddy Prendergast
10 OLAF 3 9st 0lbs Liam Ward Miss Dorothy Paget Sir Gordon Richards
11 VANTAGE 3 9st 0lbs Jimmy Lindley    
  Betting

Hindu Festival was runner-up in the Irish Derby beaten 4 lengths by Ballymoss (SR 2108) with Ampleforth, Solartickle and Star Prince behind. Hindu Festival was third in the Irish 2000 Guineas beaten 1 1/2 lengths by Jack Ketch (SR 1967).
5/4 fav Ommeyad
9/2 Hindu Festival
7/1 Vic Rose
8/1 Star Prince
9/1 Primera
9/1 No Complaint
100/8 Rythmic Light
100/6 Vantage
20/1 Ampleforth
20/1 Olaf
20/1 Solartickle
  Over round 134%

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