| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1853 | |||
The 78th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 14th September 1853 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was West Australian, a bay colt by Melbourne out of Mowerina, owned by Mr Bowes. A field of 10 runners contested the race, although there were 92 subscriptions of 50 sovereigns each, which was worth 4600 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £2,175. (Equivalent to £278,400 in 2017) WEST AUSTRALIAN SR 2109 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| WEST AUSTRALIAN | Butler | John Scott | Mr Bowes 6/4 |
| THE REIVER | Charles Marlow |  |
Lord John Scott 7/1 |
| RATAPLAN | Wells | Mr C Thellusson 7/1 | |
| BALROWNIE | Sim Templeman | Mr William L'Anson 50/1 | |
| MR SYKES | Bartholomew | Mr E R Clark 100/1 | |
| COBNUT | Norman | Lord Exeter 30/1 | |
| SITTINGBOURNE | S Rogers | Duke of Bedford 5/2 | |
| FEVERSHAM | Pettit | Duke of Bedford 100/1 | |
| CATSPAW | Guppy | Mr Howard 100/1 | |
| CINEAS | Maton | Mr J Powney 10/1 | |
| The winner won by an easy 3 lengths in 3 minutes 20 seconds, so becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown. In a career consisting of 10 races he won 9 of them. | Over Round 109% | ||
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