The 60th running of the Irish St Leger was held on Saturday 21st September 1974 over 1 mile 6 furlongs of The Curragh. The winner was owned by Mr Rory More O'Ferrall, trained by Paddy Prendergast and ridden by Christy Roche. The winner won £13,965, winning by 4 lengths in 3 minutes 14.2 seconds, with 5 lengths back to the third.

IRISH ST LEGER 1974

MISTIGRI (Bay horse by Misti out of Nyanga) SR 1921

The winning owner won £13,965 (The equivalent of £143,000 in 2018 terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos. Horse Age/Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 MISTIGRI 3 9st 0lbs Christy Roche Rory More O'Ferrall Paddy Prendergast
2 RICHARD GRENVILLE 3 9st 0lbs Lester Piggott Charles St George M Vincent O'Brien
3 LAWRENCE T 3 9st 0lbs R Parnell Mr Desmond Kerr Kevin Kerr
4 FRANCONIAN 3 9st 0lbs Joe Mercer Sir Michael Sobell Major Dick Hern
5 RETRIEVED 3 9st 0lbs Johnny Roe Mr R P McCormack Dermot Weld
6 KILBOY 3 9st 0lbs Paul Jarman Norman Frank Butler Kevin Prendergast
7 SILVERY BLUE 3 9st 0lbs Gabriel Curran Mr J J Byrne Kevin Prendergast
  Betting Mistigri raced 24 times, winning 4 and being placed second 5 times. He was unplaced in the Irish Derby behind English Prince (SR 2004) and in the Epsom Derby behind Snow Knight (SR 1954).
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