| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1890 | |||
The 115th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 10th September 1890 over the Old St Leger course on Town Moor, was Memoir, a brown filly by St Simon out of Quiver, owned by the 6th Duke of Portland. A field of 15 runners contested the race, although there were 219 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 5475 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £5,150. (Equivalent to £607,700 in 2017) MEMOIR SR 2000 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| MEMOIR | John Watts | George Dawson | 6th Duke of Portland 10/1 |
| BLUE GREEN | G Barrett |  |
Duke of Westminster 10/1 |
| GONSALVO | John Osborne | Mr J Gretton 200/1 | |
| SAINFOIN | Fred Rickaby | Sir J Miller 4/1 | |
| MARTAGON | Webb | Mr Douglas Baird 25/1 | |
| ALLOWAY | Tom Cannon | Mr J H Houldsworth 33/1 | |
| QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY | Bruckshaw | Mr E Lascelles 7/1 | |
| RIGHT-AWAY | Robinson | Mr W Low 25/1 | |
| SUREFOOT | Liddiard | Mr A W Merry 8/1 | |
| ODDFELLOW | Calder | Lord C Montague 40/1 | |
| HUTTON CONYERS | Fagan | Mr C Perkins 200/1 | |
| ST SERF | Tom Loates | Duke of Portland 100/6 | |
| HEAUME | Fred Barrett | Baron de Rothschild 5/2 fav | |
| STAR | J Woodburn | Prince Soltykoff 100/1 | |
| ORWELL | A J Taylor | Duke of Westminster 200/1 | |
| After 3 near starts the runners finally got away at the fourth time of asking, with Oddfellow jumping off in front. With a mile to go Oddfellows still led the way from favourite Heaume, but 4 furlongs from home the field began bunching with Memoir, Alloway and St Serf all contesting the lead. At the distance Sainfoin squeezed Blue Green on the rails allowing Memoir to be sent to the front by Watts. Memoir held on by a comfortable 2 lengths in 3 minutes 13.6 seconds, with a length between the unlucky Blue Green and Gonsalvo. Memoir did not show too much promise at two, but showed she had trained on by securing second place in the 1000 Guineas, winning the Oaks and then capturing a second Classic victory in the St Leger. | Over Round 111% | ||
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