St Leger Stakes
Die St Leger Stakes sind ein jedes Jahr im September in Doncaster über die Steherdistanz von 2.937 Metern (1m 6f 132y) gelaufenes klassisches Galopprennen für dreijährige Pferde. Es wird bereits seit 1776 veranstaltet und gilt, nach dem an gleicher Stelle seit 1770 stattfindenden Doncaster Cup, als ältestes heute noch ausgetragenes Pferderennen der Welt. Nach den 2000 Guineas (1.609 Meter) und dem Epsom Derby (2.423 Meter) bilden die St Leger Stakes den dritten und letzten Teil der britischen Triple Crown.Das Rennen wurde von dem Armeeoffizier und Politiker Anthony St Leger erfunden und am 24. September 1776 erstmals über zwei Meilen als "A Sweepstake of 25 Guineas“ ausgetragen und ein Jahr später in St. Leger Stakes umbenannt. Nationale Bedeutung erlangte das Rennen, als der Hengst Champion im Jahr 1800 nach dem Epsom Derby auch die St Leger Stakes gewann. Im Jahr 1813 wurde seine Distanz auf 2.937 Meter verkürzt, über die es auch heute noch ausgetragen wird. Das erste Pferd das jemals die komplette Triple Crown gewinnen konnte war 1853 West Australian. Das letzte Pferd dem dies gelang war 1970 Nijinski II mit Lester Piggot. 2012 wäre dieses Kunststück fast auch Camelot gelungen, nach Siegen bei den 2000 Guineas und dem Derby wurde er bei den St. Leger Stakes aber nur Zweiter.
Die St Leger Stakes haben viele ähnliche Rennen auf der ganzen Welt in ihrer Namensgebung inspiriert, die alle über eine Steherdistanz ausgetragen werden. So gibt es beispielsweise das Irish St Leger, das St Leger Italiano, das Deutsche St Leger oder das VRC St Leger in Australien. Allerdings ist in Europa nur noch das britische St Leger für dreijährige Pferde ausgeschrieben, an allen anderen St Leger-Prüfungen dürfen auch ältere Pferde teilnehmen.
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Die Siegerliste:
| Jockey | Trainer | ||
| 2024 | Jan Brueghel | Sean Levey | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2023 | Continuous | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2022 | Eldar Eldarov | David Egan | Roger Varian |
| 2021 | Hurricane Lane | William Buick | Charles Appleby |
| 2020 | Galileo Chrome | Tom Marquand | Joseph O'Brien |
| 2019 | Logician | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden |
| 2018 | Kew Gardens | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2017 | Capri | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2016 | Harbour Law | George Baker | Laura Mongan |
| 2015 | Simple Verse | Andrea Atzeni | Ralph Beckett |
| 2014 | Kingston Hill | Andrea Atzeni | Roger Varian |
| 2013 | Leading Light | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2012 | Encke | Mickael Barzalona | M. Al Zarooni |
| 2011 | Masked Marvel | William Buick | John Gosden |
| 2010 | Arctic Cosmos | William Buick | John Gosden |
| 2009 | Mastery | Ted Durcan | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 2008 | Conduit | Frankie Dettori | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 2007 | Lucarno | Jimmy Fortune | John Gosden |
| 2006 | Sixties Icon | Frankie Dettori | Jeremy Noseda |
| 2005 | Scorpion | Frankie Dettori | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2004 | Rule of Law | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 2003 | Brian Boru | Jamie Spencer | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2002 | Bollin Eric | Kevin Darley | Tim Easterby |
| 2001 | Milan | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2000 | Millenary | Richard Quinn | John Dunlop |
| 1999 | Mutafaweq | Richard Hills | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 1998 | Nedawi | John Reid | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 1997 | Silver Patriarch | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop |
| 1996 | Shantou | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden |
| 1995 | Classic Cliche | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 1994 | Moonax | Pat Eddery | Barry Hills |
| 1993 | Bob's Return | Philip Robinson | Mark Tompkins |
| 1992 | User Friendly | George Duffield | Clive Brittain |
| 1991 | Toulon | Pat Eddery | André Fabre |
| 1990 | Snurge | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole |
| 1989 | Michelozzo | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil |
| 1988 | Minster Son | Willie Carson | Neil Graham |
| 1987 | Reference Point | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil |
| 1986 | Moon Madness | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop |
| 1985 | Oh So Sharp | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil |
| 1984 | Commanche Run | Lester Piggott | Luca Cumani |
| 1983 | Sun Princess | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1982 | Touching Wood | Paul Cook | Harry T. Jones |
| 1981 | Cut Above | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern |
| 1980 | Light Cavalry | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil |
| 1979 | Son of Love | Alain Lequeux | Robert Collet |
| 1978 | Julio Mariner | Edward Hide | Clive Brittain |
| 1977 | Dunfermline | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1976 | Crow | Yves Saint-Martin | Angel Penna |
| 1975 | Bruni | Tony Murray | Ryan Price |
| 1974 | Bustino | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern |
| 1973 | Peleid | Frankie Durr | Bill Elsey |
| 1972 | Boucher | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1971 | Athens Wood | Lester Piggott | Harry T. Jones |
| 1970 | Nijinsky | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1969 | Intermezzo | Ron Hutchinson | Harry Wragg |
| 1968 | Ribero | Lester Piggott | F.J. Houghton |
| 1967 | Ribocco | Lester Piggott | F.J. Houghton |
| 1966 | Sodium | Frankie Durr | George Todd |
| 1965 | Provoke | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern |
| 1964 | Indiana | Jimmy Lindley | Jack Watts |
| 1963 | Ragusa | Garnie Bougoure | Paddy Prendergast |
| 1962 | Hethersett | Harry Carr | Dick Hern |
| 1961 | Aurelius | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless |
| 1960 | St Paddy | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless |
| 1959 | Cantelo | Edward Hide | Charles Elsey |
| 1958 | Alcide | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1957 | Ballymoss | Tommy Burns | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1956 | Cambremer | Freddie Palmer | Georges Bridgland |
| 1955 | Meld | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1954 | Never Say Die | Charlie Smirke | Joseph Lawson |
| 1953 | Premonition | Eph Smith | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1952 | Tulyar | Charlie Smirke | Marcus Marsh |
| 1951 | Talma | Rae Johnstone | Charles Semblat |
| 1950 | Scratch | Rae Johnstone | Charles Semblat |
| 1949 | Ridge Wood | Michael Beary | Noel Murless |
| 1948 | Black Tarquin | Edgar Britt | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1947 | Sayajirao | Edgar Britt | Sam Armstrong |
| 1946 | Airborne | Tommy Lowrey | Dick Perryman |
| 1945 | Chamossaire | Tommy Lowrey | Dick Perryman |
| 1944 | Tehran | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters |
| 1943 | Herringbone | Harry Wragg | Walter Earl |
| 1942 | Sun Chariot | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling |
| 1941 | Sun Castle | Georges Bridgland | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1940 | Turkhan | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters |
| 1939 | keine Austragung |
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| 1938 | Scottish Union | Brownie Carslake | Noel Cannon |
| 1937 | Chulmleigh | Gordon Richards | Thomas Hogg |
| 1936 | Boswell | Pat Beasley | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1935 | Bahram | Charlie Smirke | Frank Butters |
| 1934 | Windsor Lad | Charlie Smirke | Marcus Marsh |
| 1933 | Hyperion | Tommy Weston | George Lambton |
| 1932 | Firdaussi | Freddie Fox | Frank Butters |
| 1931 | Sandwich | Harry Wragg | Jack Jarvis |
| 1930 | Singapore | Gordon Richards | Thomas Hogg |
| 1929 | Trigo | Michael Beary | Dick Dawson |
| 1928 | Fairway | Tommy Weston | Frank Butters |
| 1927 | Book Law | Henri Jelliss | Alec Taylor, Jr. |
| 1926 | Coronach | Joe Childs | Fred Darling |
| 1925 | Solario | Joe Childs | Reginald Day |
| 1924 | Salmon-Trout | Brownie Carslake | Dick Dawson |
| 1923 | Tranquil | Tommy Weston | Charles Morton |
| 1922 | Royal Lancer | Bobby Jones | Alf Sadler, Jr. |
| 1921 | Polemarch | Joe Childs | Tom Green |
| 1920 | Caligula | Arthur Smith | Jack Leader |
| 1919 | Keysoe | Brownie Carslake | George Lambton |
| 1918 | Gainsborough | Joe Childs | Alec Taylor, Jr. |
| 1917 | Gay Crusader | Steve Donoghue | Alec Taylor, Jr. |
| 1916 | Hurry On | Charlie Childs | Fred Darling |
| 1915 | Pommern | Steve Donoghue | Charles Peck |
| 1914 | Black Jester | Walter Griggs | Charles Morton |
| 1913 | Night Hawk | Elijah Wheatley | Jack Robinson |
| 1912 | Tracery | George Bellhouse | John Watson |
| 1911 | Prince Palatine | Frank O'Neill | Henry Beardsley |
| 1910 | Swynford | Frank Wootton | George Lambton |
| 1909 | Bayardo | Danny Maher | Alec Taylor, Jr. |
| 1908 | Your Majesty | Walter Griggs | Charles Morton |
| 1907 | Wool Winder | Bill Halsey | Harry Enoch |
| 1906 | Troutbeck | George Stern | Willie Waugh |
| 1905 | Challacombe | Otto Madden | Alec Taylor, Jr. |
| 1904 | Pretty Polly | Willie Lane | Peter Gilpin |
| 1903 | Rock Sand | Danny Maher | George Blackwell |
| 1902 | Sceptre | Fred Hardy | Bob Sievier |
| 1901 | Doricles | Kempton Cannon | Alfred Hayhoe |
| 1900 | Diamond Jubilee | Herbert Jones | Richard Marsh |
| 1899 | Flying Fox | Morny Cannon | John Porter |
| 1898 | Wildfowler | Charles Wood | Sam Darling |
| 1897 | Galtee More | Charles Wood | Sam Darling |
| 1896 | Persimmon | John Watts | Richard Marsh |
| 1895 | Sir Visto | Sam Loates | Mathew Dawson |
| 1894 | Throstle | Morny Cannon | John Porter |
| 1893 | Isinglass | Tommy Loates | James Jewitt |
| 1892 | La Fleche | John Watts | John Porter |
| 1891 | Common | George Barrett | John Porter |
| 1890 | Memoir | John Watts | George Dawson |
| 1889 | Donovan | Fred Barrett | George Dawson |
| 1888 | Seabreeze | Jack Robinson | James Jewitt |
| 1887 | Kilwarlin | Jack Robinson | James Jewitt |
| 1886 | Ormonde | Fred Archer | John Porter |
| 1885 | Melton | Fred Archer | Mathew Dawson |
| 1884 | The Lambkin | John Watts | Mathew Dawson |
| 1883 | Ossian | John Watts | Richard Marsh |
| 1882 | Dutch Oven | Fred Archer | Mathew Dawson |
| 1881 | Iroquois | Fred Archer | Jacob Pincus |
| 1880 | Robert the Devil | Tom Cannon, Sr. | Charles Blanton |
| 1879 | Rayon d'Or | Jem Goater | Tom Jennings |
| 1878 | Jannette | Fred Archer | Mathew Dawson |
| 1877 | Silvio | Fred Archer | Mathew Dawson |
| 1876 | Petrarch | Jem Goater | John Dawson |
| 1875 | Craig Millar | Tom Chaloner | Alec Taylor, Sr. |
| 1874 | Apology | John Osborne, Jr. | William Osborne |
| 1873 | Marie Stuart | Tom Osborne | Robert Peck |
| 1872 | Wenlock | Charlie Maidment | Tom Wadlow |
| 1871 | Hannah | Charlie Maidment | Joseph Hayhoe |
| 1870 | Hawthornden | Jemmy Grimshaw | Joseph Dawson |
| 1869 | Pero Gomez | John Wells | John Porter |
| 1868 | Formosa | Tom Chaloner | Henry Woolcott |
| 1867 | Achievement | Tom Chaloner | James Dover |
| 1866 | Lord Lyon | Harry Custance | James Dover |
| 1865 | Gladiateur | Harry Grimshaw | Tom Jennings |
| 1864 | Blair Athol | Jim Snowden | William I'Anson |
| 1863 | Lord Clifden | John Osborne, Jr. | Edwin Parr |
| 1862 | The Marquis | Tom Chaloner | John Scott |
| 1861 | Caller Ou | Tom Chaloner | William I'Anson |
| 1860 | St Albans | Luke Snowden | Alec Taylor, Sr. |
| 1859 | Gamester | Tom Aldcroft | John Scott |
| 1858 | Sunbeam | Luke Snowden | John Prince |
| 1857 | Imperieuse | Nat Flatman | John Scott |
| 1856 | Warlock | Nat Flatman | John Scott |
| 1855 | Saucebox | John Wells | Tom Parr |
| 1854 | Knight of St George | Robert Basham | R. Longstaff |
| 1853 | West Australian | Frank Butler | John Scott |
| 1852 | Stockwell | John Norman | William Harlock |
| 1851 | Newminster | Sim Templeman | John Scott |
| 1850 | Voltigeur | Job Marson | Robert Hill |
| 1849 | The Flying Dutchman | Charlie Marlow | John Fobert |
| 1848 | Surplice | Nat Flatman | Robert Stephenson |
| 1847 | Van Tromp | Job Marson | John Fobert |
| 1846 | Sir Tatton Sykes | Bill Scott | William Oates |
| 1845 | The Baron | Frank Butler | John Scott |
| 1844 | Faugh-a-Ballagh | Henry Bell | John Forth |
| 1843 | Nutwith | Job Marson | Bob Johnson |
| 1842 | Blue Bonnet | Tommy Lye | Tom Dawson |
| 1841 | Satirist | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1840 | Launcelot | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1839 | Charles the Twelfth | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1838 | Don John | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1837 | Mango | Sam Day, Jr. | Montgomery Dilly |
| 1836 | Elis | John Barham Day | John Doe |
| 1835 | Queen of Trumps | Tommy Lye | John Blenkhorn |
| 1834 | Touchstone | George Calloway | John Scott |
| 1833 | Rockingham | Sam Darling | Richard Shepherd |
| 1832 | Margrave | Jem Robinson | John Scott |
| 1831 | Chorister | John Barham Day | John Smith |
| 1830 | Birmingham | Patrick Conolly | Thomas Flintoff |
| 1829 | Rowton | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1828 | The Colonel | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1827 | Matilda | Jem Robinson | John Scott |
| 1826 | Tarrare | George Nelson | Sam King |
| 1825 | Memnon | Bill Scott | Richard Shepherd |
| 1824 | Jerry | Ben Smith | James Croft |
| 1823 | Barefoot | Tom Goodisson | Richard Shepherd |
| 1822 | Theodore | John Jackson | James Croft |
| 1821 | Jack Spigot | Bill Scott | Isaac Blades |
| 1820 | St Patrick | Bob Johnson | John Lonsdale |
| 1819 | Antonio | Tom Nicholson | John Lonsdale |
| 1818 | Reveller | Bob Johnson | John Lonsdale |
| 1817 | Ebor | Bob Johnson | John Lonsdale |
| 1816 | The Duchess | Ben Smith | James Croft |
| 1815 | Filho da Puta | John Jackson | James Croft |
| 1814 | William | John Shepherd | William Theakston |
| 1813 | Altisidora | John Jackson | Tommy Sykes |
| 1812 | Otterington | Bob Johnson | W. Hessletine |
| 1811 | Soothsayer | Ben Smith | Tommy Sykes |
| 1810 | Octavian | Bill Clift | Frank Jordan |
| 1809 | Ashton | Ben Smith | William Theakston |
| 1808 | Petronius | Ben Smith | William Theakston |
| 1807 | Paulina | Bill Clift | Christopher Scaife |
| 1806 | Fyldener | Tom Carr | |
| 1805 | Staveley | John Jackson | Bartle Atkinson |
| 1804 | Sancho | Frank Buckle | Bartle Atkinson |
| 1803 | Remembrancer | Ben Smith | J. Smith |
| 1802 | Orville | John Singleton, Jr. | Christopher Scaife |
| 1801 | Quiz | John Shepherd | George Searle |
| 1800 | Champion | Frank Buckle | Tom Perren |
| 1799 | Cockfighter | Tom Fields | Tom Fields |
| 1798 | Symmetry | John Jackson | Sam King |
| 1797 | Lounger | John Shepherd | George Searle |
| 1796 | Ambrosio | John Jackson | Frank Neale |
| 1795 | Hambletonian | Dixon Boyce | John Hutchinson |
| 1794 | Beningbrough | John Jackson | John Hutchinson |
| 1793 | Ninety-three | Bill Peirse | |
| 1792 | Tartar | John Mangle | John Mangle |
| 1791 | Young Traveller | John Jackson | John Hutchinson |
| 1790 | Ambidexter | George Searle | George Searle |
| 1789 | Pewett | William Wilson | Christopher Scaife |
| 1788 | Young Flora | John Mangle | John Mangle |
| 1787 | Spadille | John Mangle | John Mangle |
| 1786 | Paragon | John Mangle | John Mangle |
| 1785 | Cowslip | George Searle | George Searle |
| 1784 | Omphale | John Kirton | M. Mason |
| 1783 | Phoenomenon | Anthony Hall | Isaac Cape |
| 1782 | Imperatrix | George Searle | George Searle |
| 1781 | Serina | Richard Foster | J. Lowther |
| 1780 | Ruler | John Mangle | |
| 1779 | Tommy | George Lowry | Joseph Rose |
| 1778 | Hollandoise | George Herring | Joseph Rose |
| 1777 | Bourbon | John Cade | |
| 1776 | Allabaculia | John Singleton | Christopher Scaife |
