| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1852 | |||
The 77th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 15th September 1852 over the 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Stockwell, a chestnut colt by The Baron out of Pocahontas, owned by Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter. A field of 6 runners contested the race, although there were 116 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 2900 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £2,775 (Equivalent to £355,200 in 2017) STOCKWELL SR 2063 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| STOCKWELL | John Norman | William Harlock | 2nd Marquess of Exeter 7/4 |
| HARBINGER | Nat Flatman |  |
Duke of Richmond 7/1 |
| DANIEL O'ROURKE | Butler | Mr Bowes 5/2 | |
| TROUSSEAU | Sim Templeman | Mr Pedley 10/1 | |
| SONGSTRESS | A Day | Mr John Scott 3/1 | |
| ALFRED THE GREAT | Basham | Mr Duncombe 50/1 | |
| The winner won by an easy 10 lengths in a time of 3 minutes 21 seconds. In a career spanning 16 races he won 11, including the 2000 Guineas and St Leger. | Over Round 112% | ||
| Note that the image shown above is in the publci domain, the artist having died in 1882. | |||
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