Irish St Leger 1936

The 22nd running of the Irish St Leger was held on Wednesday 16th September 1936 over 1 mile 6 furlongs of The Curragh. The winner was owned by Major Evelyn Shirley, trained by J Rogers and ridden by Edward Gardner. A purse of £1500 allowed for the second to receive 75 sovereigns and the third 25 sovereigns. The winner won by 8 lengths, with 4 lengths between second and third.

IRISH ST LEGER 1936

BATTLE SONG (Brown horse by Spion Kop out of Cradle Song) SR 1880

The winning owner won £1400 (The equivalent of £97,200 in 2018 terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos.	Horse	Age/Weight	Jockey	Owner	Trainer
1	BATTLE SONG	3 9st 0lbs	Edward Gardner	Major E Shirley	J T Rogers
2	PIZARRO	3 9st 4lbs	Joe Canty	Lord Glanely	Hogg
3	MJ	3 9st 0lbs	W Howard	Mr J O'Connor	Hayde
4	GOLDEN LANCER	3 9st 0lbs	M Curran	Mr Joseph Maher	Slocock
	Betting	Pizarro was unplaced in the Doncaster St Leger behing Boswell (SR 1924). Battle Song was runner-up in the Irish Derby beaten 1 1/2 lengths by Raeburn (SR 1902). Odds on favourite Battle Song won comfortably by 8 lengths from is main rival in the betting.
10/11 fav	Battle Song
5/4	Pizarro
20/1	MJ
20/1	Golden Lancer
	Over Round 106%

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