| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1814 | |||
The 39th winner of the St Leger, held on Monday 26th September 1814 over the St Leger course on Town Moor, was William, a bay colt by Governor out of Elizabeth, owned by the 9th Duke of Hamilton. A field of 12 runners contested the race, although there were 53 subscriptions of 25 guineas each, which was worth 1325 Guineas. (Equivalent to £89,300 in 2017) WILLIAM SR 1938 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| WILLIAM | John Shepherd | William Theakston | 9th Duke of Hamilton 7/1 |
| HEART OF OAK | Frank Buckle | Lord Strathmore 20/1 | |
| ARABELLA |  |
Mr Fletcher 100/3 | |
| FRIDAY | Lord Cremorne 100/5 | ||
| DESDEMONA | Lord Fitzwilliam 8/1 | ||
| BIDDICK | Mr Dawson 7/2 | ||
| TIMANTHUS | Mr T Robinson 50/1 | ||
| WATERLOO | Mr Gascoigne 20/1 | ||
| NORTON | Sir W Maxwell 50/1 | ||
| TEMPEST | Sir B R Graham 6/1 | ||
| EBORINA | Mr Peirse 5/2 fav | ||
| SPECTRE | Major Wilson 50/1 | ||
| The winner was left at the start but rapidly made up the lost ground and was on level terms after 1/2 a mile. He then took up the running and won uncommonly easy in 3 minutes 32 seconds. In his career he raced 8 times winning 4 of the races. | Over Round 111% | ||
| Note: The image shown above is from a painting by Francis Cotes who died in 1770 and therefore it is in the public domain. | |||
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