| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1912 | |||
The 137th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 11th September 1912 over the Old St Leger course on Town Moor, was Tracery, a brown colt by Rock Sand out of Topiary, owned by Mr A Belmont. A field of 14 runners contested the race, although there were 310 subscriptions of £50 each, which was worth £6,500. (Equivalent to £702,000 in 2017) TRACERY SR 2095 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| TRACERY | George Bellhouse | John Watson | Mr August Belmont 8/1 |
| MAIDEN ERLEGH | George Stern |  |
Mr J B Joel 100/8 |
| HECTOR | A Escott | Mr J L Dugdale 10/1 | |
| FANTASTIC | Walter Earl | Mr W Hall Walker 66/1 | |
| ABSOLUTE | Elijah Wheatley | Mr W Hall Walker 200/1 | |
| CATMINT | H Jellis | Mr L Brassey 20/1 | |
| CHARMIAN | Danny Maher | Lord Rosebery 25/1 | |
| LOMOND | Frank Wootton | Mr K Hulton 6/4 fav | |
| PINTADEAU | Herbert Jones | HM The King 25/1 | |
| SWEEPER II | Frank O'Neill | Mr H B Duryon 100/8 | |
| TAGALIE | W Saxby | Mr W Raphael 8/1 | |
| WHITE STAR | William Griggs | Mr J B Joel 33/1 | |
| ST EDGAR | Walter Higgs | Mr A F Basset 200/1 | |
| ALEPPO | C Foy | Mr Fairie 33/1 | |
| The winner won by an easy 5 lengths in 3 minutes 11.8 seconds, with 3/4 of a length between second and third. In a 9 race career, Tracery won 6 races including the Sussex Stakes, the St ames Palace Stakes, the Eclipse Stakes and the Champion Stakes. | Over Round 108% | ||
| Note: The photo above is in the public domain because it was taken by an uncredited photographer over 80 years ago. | |||
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