| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1859 | |||
The 84th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 14th September 1859 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Gamester, a bay colt by The Cossack out of Gaiety, owned by Sir Charles Monck. A field of 11 runners contested the race, although there were 167 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 4175 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £4,075. (Equivalent to £464,600 in 2017) GAMESTER SR 1913 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| GAMESTER | Tom Aldcroft | John Scott | Sir Charles Monck 20/1 |
| DEFENDER | Luke Snowden |  |
Mr Saxon 10/1 |
| MAGNUM | Osborne | Baron Rothschild 100/1 | |
| SUMMERSIDE | John Wells | Lord Londesborough 7/2 | |
| THE PROMISED LAND | A Day | Mr W Day 4/5 fav | |
| NAPOLEON | George Fordham | Mr C Peck 100/6 | |
| GLADIOLUS | Nat Flatman | Mr Towneley 100/7 | |
| COMFORTER | Ashmall | Sir H Des Veux 100/1 | |
| ASTON | Charles Marlow | Mr T Hunt 100/1 | |
| LOVETT | French | Mr J Ferguson 50/1 | |
| URALIAN | W Boyce | Colonel Smyth 100/1 | |
| The 2000 Guineas winner The Promised Land was expected to stay the distance and outclass his rivals, but in the event he could only manage fifth. Outsider Gamester defeated Defender by half a length in 3 minutes 25 seconds, with Magnum 2 lengths further back in third. | Over Round 110% | ||
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