| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1799 | |||
The 24th winner of the St Leger, held on Tuesday 24th September 1799 over the 2 miles of Town Moor, was Cockfighter, a brown colt by Overton out of Palmflower, owned by Sir Henry Tempest Vane. A field of 7 runners contested the race, although there were 12 subscriptions of 25 guineas each, which was worth 300 Guineas. (Equivalent to £35,400 in 2017) COCKFIGHTER SR 1941 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| COCKFIGHTER | Tom Fields | Tom Fields | Sir Henry Tempest Vane 4/6 fav |
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Mr Joseph Cookson | |
| SLAPBANG | Sir Thomas Gascoigne | ||
| UNNAMED BROWN COLT BY ST PETER | Sir Frank Standish | ||
| TANKERSLEY | Earl Fitzwilliam | ||
| SPORTSMAN | Duke of Hamilton | ||
| UNNAMED BAY COLT BY SPADILLE | Mr Lowther | ||
| The winner, formally known as Abraham Newland, won the St Leger and, in the same week, landed the Doncaster Cup by defeating previous St Leger winner Symmetry. In a career consting of 18 races he was victorious in 10 of them. | Over Round N/A | ||
| Note: The image above is from a print by Peter Edward Stroehling who died in 1826 and therefore it is in the public domain. | |||
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