| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1926 | |||
The 151st winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 8th September 1926 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Coronach, a chestnut colt by Hurry On out of Wet Kiss, owned by the 1st Baron Woolavington. A field of 12 runners contested the race which was worth £6,500. (Equivalent to £362,700 in 2017) The Youtube link below, supplied by British Pathe, is a 1 minute 47 second clip of the 1926 race CORONACH SR 2089 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| CORONACH | Joe Childs | Fred Darling | 1st Baron Woolavington 8/15 fav |
| CAISSOT | Brownie Carslake | George Lambton | Lord Derby 100/9 |
| FOLIATION | J Brennan | Alec Taylor | Mr Somerville Tattersall 100/7 |
| BOOKLET | R Jones | Alec Taylor | Lord Astor 100/6 |
| COMEDY KING | Charlie Elliott | Watts | Mr Frank Curzon 100/7 |
| GLEN ALBYN | J Taylor | Peacock | Mr Alfred Hood 50/1 |
| HILIKA | Charlie Smirke | Wootton | Mrs T Carthew 50/1 |
| LEX | Michael Beary | Reginald Day | Sir Abe Bailey 40/1 |
| MASKED RULER | A Esling | France | Mr A Macomber 10/1 |
| SOUTHBOURNE | F Dempsey | G Sadler | Mr W Raphael 28/1 |
| STEEL POINT | Perryman | Cannon | Mr F H Bowcher 40/1 |
| PIAZZETTA | Tommy Weston | George Lambton | Lord Derby 66/1 |
| The winner won by 2 lengths in 3 minutes 1.6 seconds, with 6 lengths back to the third. | Over Round 118% | ||
| Shown below is an extract from Lord Derby's and his stud manager Major Jack Paine's Studbook. |
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