| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1914 | |||
The 139th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 9th September 1914 over the Old St Leger course on Town Moor, was Black Jester, a brown colt by Polymelus out of Absurdity, owned by Mr Jack B Joel. A field of 18 runners contested the race, although there were 323 entries of £50 each, which was worth £6,500. (Equivalent to £682,500 in 2017) BLACK JESTER SR 2032 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| BLACK JESTER | Walter Griggs | Charles Morton | Mr Jack B Joel 10/1 |
| KENNYMORE | F Templeman |  |
Sir J Thursby 7/2 fav |
| CRESSINGHAM | H Jellis | Sir J Thursby 100/1 | |
| BRAKESPEAR | Herbert Jones | HM The King 20/1 | |
| ORANGEMAN | Frank Bullock | Duke of Portland 100/7 | |
| CARRICKFERGUS | Elijah Wheatley | Col Hall Walker 25/1 | |
| DAN RUSSEL | Fred Rickaby | Lord Derby 20/1 | |
| GLORVINA | Prout | Lord Derby 100/7 | |
| EVANSDALE | W Huxley | Mr K Jones 50/1 | |
| TROIS TEMPE | J Clark | Mr W Astor 33/1 | |
| HAPSBURG | C Foy | Sir E Cassel 6/1 | |
| PETER THE HERMIT | R Watson | Mr H J King 4/1 | |
| POLYGAMIST | A Escott | Mr Marsham-Towsnshend 50/1 | |
| WALTON HEATH | Steve Donoghue | Col D McCalmont 100/1 | |
| COURAGEOUS | Waite | Mr C S Cockburn 50/1 | |
| WHITE PROPHET | William Griggs | Col Hall Walker 66/1 | |
| MAGYAR | H Randall | Lord Carnarvon 50/1 | |
| WHITE LIE | W Saxby | Col Hall Walker 33/1 | |
| The winner won by 5 lengths in 3 minutes 2.6 seconds, with 3 lengths back to the third. In a career consisting of 23 races Black Jester won 9 and was second on 6 occasions. | Over Round 110% | ||
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