| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1928 | |||
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The 153rd winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 12th September 1928 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Fairway, a brown colt by Phalaris out of Scapa Flow, owned by 17th Earl of Derby. A field of 13 runners contested the race which was worth £6,500. (Equivalent to £374,400 in 2017) FAIRWAY SR 2125 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| FAIRWAY | Tommy Weston | Frank Butters | 17th Earl of Derby 7/4 fav |
| PALAIS ROYAL II | Allemand | France | M Jacques Wittouck 100/6 |
| CYCLONIC | R Jones | B Jarvis | Major J S Courtauld 100/15 |
| BOURBON | Harry Wragg | O Bell | Sir H Cunliffe-Owen 66/1 |
| BULAND | Michael Beary | R Dawson | HH Aga Khan 7/1 |
| CHERRY KING | Brownie Carslake | C Peck | Mr J B Joel 66/1 |
| FLAMINGO | Charlie Elliott | Jack Jarvis | Sir L Philipps 100/15 |
| GANG WARILY | Steve Donoghue | Walter Nightingall | Mrs G Drummond 100/6 |
| LODORE | Freddie Fox | Fred Darling | Lord Lonsdale 33/1 |
| LUVANERAN | H Beasley | Sam Darling | Mr A K Macomber 33/1 |
| MARCONIGRAM | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | Lord Dewar 25/1 |
| PLANTAGO | Joe Childs | Lawson | Mr Washington Singer 20/1 |
| TOURIST | B Dines | R Day | Sir Abe Bailey 66/1 |
| The winner won by a length and a half in 3 minutes 3 seconds, with a length back to the third. In an impressive career consisting of 15 races, Fairway won 12, including the Eclipse Stakes in 1928 and the Champion Stakes in both 1928 and 1929. | Over Round 106% | ||
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| Shown below is an extract from Lord Derby's and his stud manager Major Jack Paine's Studbook. |
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