| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1846 | |||
The 71st winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 16th September 1846 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Sir Tatton Sykes, a bay colt by Melbourne out of a dam of Margrave, owned by Mr William Scott. A field of 12 runners contested the race, although there were 149 subscriptions of 50 sovereigns each, which was worth 7450 sovereigns. The race value was £2,925 (Equivalent to £325,000 in 2017) SIR TATTON SYKES SR 1990 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| SIR TATTON SYKES | William (Bill) Scott | William Oates | Mr William Scott 3/1 |
| IAGO | F Butler |  |
Colonel Anson 10/1 |
| BROCARDO | J Holmes | General Shubrick 3/1 | |
| THE FREE LANCE | Nat Flatman | Lord Chesterfield 50/1 | |
| FANCY BOY | Sim Templeman | Mr Meiklam 8/1 | |
| CRANEBROOK | Bartholomew | Mr Cranston 30/1 | |
| GRIMSTON | Job Marson | Mr O'Brien 50/1 | |
| STING | H Bell | Lord E Russell 11/2 | |
| TOM TULLOCH | S Day | Colonel Anson 50/1 | |
| THE TRAVERSER | Marlow | Mr O'Brien 7/1 | |
| ROMANCE | Whitehouse | Mr Skerratt 50/1 | |
| POYNTON | Lye | Mr Meiklam 20/1 | |
| The winner won by 1/2 a length in 3 minutes 16 seconds to record his second Classic victory having earlier landed the 2000 Guineas. However, in a career of 11 races he disappointed after this victory and won a total of just 4 races. | Over Round 113% | ||
| Note that the picture shown above is in the public domain, the artist having died more than 70 years ago. | |||
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