| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1798 | |||
The 23rd winner of the St Leger, held on Tuesday 25th September 1798 over the 2 miles of Town Moor, was Symmetry, a grey colt by Delpini out of Violet, owned by Sir Thomas Gascoigne. A field of 10 runners contested the race, although there were 14 subscriptions of 25 guineas each, which was worth 350 Guineas. (Equivalent to £40,200 in 2017) SYMMETRY SR 1925 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| SYMMETRY | John Jackson | Sam King | Sir Thomas Gascoigne 4/1 |
| BARNABY |  |
Mr Wentworth | |
| HONEYCOMB | Mr Crompton 3/1 fav | ||
| PUSHFORWARD | Sir Henry T Vane | ||
| STOURTON | Mr Fenton | ||
| LABORIE | Mr Tatton | ||
| SPIDER | Mr Bethell | ||
| UNNAMED CHESTNUT COLT BY WALNUT | Lord Archibald Hamilton | ||
| BASTO | Mr Crompton | ||
| CHANCE | Mr Hutchinson | ||
| The winner enabled his owner Sir Thomas Gascoigne to claim his second St Leger victory after also owning Hollandaise. In a careeer consisting of 13 races he won 7 of them, although he mainly contested matches. | Over Round N/A | ||
| Note that the image above is in the public domain because the artist John Sinclair died over 70 years ago. | |||
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