| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1881 | |||
The 106th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 14th September 1881 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Iroquois, a brown colt by Leamington out of Maggie BB, owned by Mr Pierre Lorillard. A field of 15 runners contested the race, although there were 231 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 5775 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £5,450. (Equivalent to £605,000 in 2017) IROQUOIS SR 1956 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| IROQUOIS | Fred Archer | Jacob Pincus | Mr Pierre Lorillard 2/1 fav |
| GEOLOGIST | Tom Cannon |  |
Mr F Gretton 11/1 |
| LUCY GLITTERS | J Snowden | Mr C Perkins 66/1 | |
| SCOBELL | Rossiter | Prince Soltykoff 100/8 | |
| LIMESTONE | Jem Goater | Lord Bradford 11/1 | |
| FORTISSIMO | Morbey | Lord Vivian 66/1 | |
| ST LOUIS | George Fordham | Mr W S Crawfurd 5/1 | |
| FALKIRK | Luke | Mr R S Evans 500/1 | |
| BAL GAL | C Wood | Lord Falmouth 20/1 | |
| ISHMAEL | John Osborne | Mr R Jardine 5/1 | |
| PRIVATEER | Kellet | Mr R Jardine 66/1 | |
| EUSEBE | W McDonald | M Lefevre 40/1 | |
| VOLUPTUARY | F Webb | Lord Rosebery 100/6 | |
| JOSYAN | Barrett | Mr L De Rothschild 50/1 | |
| LORD CHELMSFORD | Watts | Captain Patrick 200/1 | |
| St Louis made an early bid for glory dashing away from Josyan and Iroquois, but as soon as they settled the favourite was steadied. At the rising hills Josyan and Falkirk went on together, but as they came over the hill the course was clouded in fog and it was only after passing the Red House that it was obvious the two leaders were a spent force, with Ishmael choosing to make his move. Two furlongs out Fred Archer called on the favourite for an effort and he drew steadily clear. At the line he was eased to win cleverly by a length from Geologist in 3 minutes 20.6 seconds, with 3/4 length back to Lucy Glitters. In winning his second Classic, having already landed the Derby, Iroquois beacme the first American bred throughbred to land English Classics. In a career consisting of 26 races he won 12 and was second on 4 further occasions. | Over Round 109% | ||
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