| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1948 | |||
The 172nd winner of the St Leger, held on Saturday 11th September 1948 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Black Tarquin, a brown colt by Rhodes Scholar out of Vagrancy, owned by Mr William Woodward. A field of 14 runners contested the race which was worth £9,750. (Equivalent to £351,000 in 2017) The Youtube link below, supplied by British Pathe, is a 2 minute 08 second clip of the 1948 race BLACK TARQUIN SR 2043 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| BLACK TARQUIN | Edgar Britt | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Mr William Woodward 15/2 |
| ALYCIDON | Doug Smith | W Hall | Lord Derby 20/1 |
| SOLAR SLIPPER | Eph Smith | Mr S McGrath (Ire) | Mr J McGrath 13/2 |
| VIC DAY | Michael Beary | H Blagrave | Mr H G Blagrave 20/1 |
| COUNT RENDERED | W Nevett | H Leach | 25/1 |
| MY LOVE | W Johnstone | Robert Carver | HH Aga Khan 7/4 fav |
| NOOR | Gordon Richards |  |
HH Aga Khan 8/1 |
| SOMALI | T Burn | 100/1 | |
| CAPTAIN FOX | Charlie Elliott | 25/1 | |
| JULIAN | H Packman | 100/1 | |
| OTTOMAN | T Lowrey | 25/1 | |
| USHER | H Quinn | 100/1 | |
| ROYAL DRAKE | T Weston | 100/9 | |
| ANGELOLA | T Burns | 33/1 | |
| The winner won by a length and a half in 3 minutes 8.8 seconds, with 5 lengths back to the third. In a career spanning 15 races, Black Tarquin won 8 and was second 4 times. | Over Round 109% | ||
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