| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1840 | |||
The 65th winner of the St Leger, held on Tuesday 15th September 1840 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Launcelot, a brown colt by Camel out of Banter, owned by the 1st Marquis of Westminster. A field of 11 runners contested the race, although there were 112 subscriptions of 50 sovereigns each, which was worth 5600 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £2,975. (Equivalent to £283,200 in 2017) LAUNCELOT SR 1936 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| LAUNCELOT | Bill Scott | John Scott | 1st Marquis of Westminster 7/4 fav |
| MAROON | J Holmes |  |
Lord Westminster 4/1 |
| GIBRALTAR | Nat Flatman | Colonel Peel 5/2 | |
| CALYPSO | G Nelson | Mr C M St Paul 7/1 | |
| DOCTOR CAIUS | Tommy Lye | Lord Eglinton 50/1 | |
| TRUSTEE | Sam Darling | Mr Mostyn 16/1 | |
| THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH | R Hesseltine | Mr Osbaldeston 50/1 | |
| BROADWORTH | Sim Templeman | Mr Parkin 30/1 | |
| POLYDORUS | W Noble | Colonel Synge 50/1 | |
| THE YOUNG 'UN | J Cartwright | Lord Eglinton 50/1 | |
| DUNSTAN | G Whitehouse | Mr Critchley 50/1 | |
| After a false start in which Launcelot was left behind, the race was restarted and saw Polydorus cut out the early running. At the top of the hill Polydorus gave way to Launcelot who began to force the pace. Past the Red House Laucelot maintained his lead and at the distance he and Maroon raced clear. It was clear that Maroon had the beating of his stable companion, but the Marquis of Westminster had 'declared to win' with Launcelot, so J Holmes took a pull on Maroon allowing Laucelot to get home by a head. In a 7 race career Launcelot won 4 races, although 2 were walk-overs. | Over Round 115% | ||
| Note:The image above is in the public domain being by John Frederick Herring who died over 150 years ago in 1865. | |||
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