| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1839 | |||
The 64th winner of the St Leger, held on Tuesday 17th September 1839 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Charles XII, a brown colt by Voltaire out of Wagtail, owned by Major Yarburgh. A field of 14 runners contested the race, although there were 107 subscriptions of 50 sovereigns each, which was worth 5350 sovereigns. (Equivalent to £545,700 in 2017) CHARLES XII SR 2012 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| CHARLES XII | Bill Scott | John Scott | Major Yarburgh 4/7 fav |
| EUCLID | Patrick Connolly |  |
Mr Thornhill 13/1 |
| THE PROVOST | Sim Templeman | Colonel Cradock 30/1 | |
| MALVOLIO | Tommy Lye | Lord Eglinton 10/1 | |
| DOLPHIN | J Holmes | Colonel Craufurd 100/1 | |
| BLOOMSBURY | S Rogers | Mr Ridsdale 6/1 | |
| DRAGOMAN | W Macdonald | Mr Clark 100/1 | |
| HYLLUS | Sam Day | Mr Dixon 100/1 | |
| BOLUS | R Hesseltine | Mr Wormald 100/1 | |
| THE LORD MAYOR | G Nelson | Lord Westminster 50/1 | |
| THE CORSAIR | John Day | Lord Lichfield 40/1 | |
| FITZ-AMBO | Job Marson | Mr Allen 100/1 | |
| EASINGWOLD | J Cartwright | Mr Ramsay 35/1 | |
| UNNAMED BAY COLT BY JERRY | G Calloway | Lord Kelburne 100/1 | |
| This race was unique in being the first St Leger to produce a dead-heat between Charles XII and Euclid in 3 minutes 25 seconds. In the run-off Charles XII prevailed by a head. He was a prolific winner in a career stetching over 34 races, being victorious on 19 occasions and runner up on 6 occasions. He won the Doncaster Cup at the same meeting having previously won the Liverpool Tradesmans Cup. In 1841 and 1842 he won the Goodwood Cup. | Over Round 109% | ||
| Note:The image above is in the public domain being by John Frederick Herring who died over 150 years ago in 1865. | |||
| I am very grateful to Andy Thrower for the image of the 1839 St Leger racecard shown below, part of his magnificent collection. |
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