| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1854 | |||
The 79th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 13th September 1854 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Knight of St George, a bay colt by Irish Birdcatcher out of Maltese, owned by Mr J B Morris. A field of 18 runners contested the race, although there were 159 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 3975 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £3,850. (Equivalent to £450,500 in 2017) KNIGHT OF ST GEORGE SR 1879 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| KNIGHT OF ST GEORGE | Robert Basham | R Longstaff | Mr J B Morris 11/1 |
| IVAN | Ashmall |  |
Lord Zetland 20/1 |
| ARTHUR WELLESLEY | J Prince | Mr C Peck 100/1 | |
| SCYTHIAN | Wells | Mr Howard 15/1 | |
| HESSE CASSEL | Marlow | Duke of Bedford 100/1 | |
| BOIARDO | A Day | Lord Derby 6/4 fav | |
| DERVISH | J Holmes | Lord Derby 10/1 | |
| ACROBAT | Sim Templeman | Lord Derby 7/1 | |
| MIDSUMMER | G Oates | Mr S Hawke 50/1 | |
| AUTOCRAT | G Whitehouse | Mr R E Cooper 25/1 | |
| DR O'TOOLE | Maton | Mr H Hill 100/1 | |
| PALMERIAN | Clements | Mr M Maxwell 100/1 | |
| BAALBEC | Bumby | Mr Knowles 100/1 | |
| THE TRAPPER | Nat Flatman | Mr Payne 5/1 | |
| UNNAMED CHESTNUT COLT BY PANTALOON | Aldcroft | Lord Glasgow 100/1 | |
| MIDDLESEX | Charlton | Baron Rotschild 100/1 | |
| ARIBBAS | J Osborne | Mr J Shepherd 100/1 | |
| CALAMUS | Job Marson | Mr J M Stanley 15/1 | |
| In a closely run race Knight of St George got up by a head in 3 minutes 22 seconds, with a length and a half back to Arthur Wellesley. | Over Round 116% | ||
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