| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1869 | |||
The 94th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 15th September 1869 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Pero Gomez, a bay colt by Beadsman out of Salamanca, owned by Sir Joseph Hawley. A field of 11 runners contested the race, although there were 226 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 5650 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £5,525. (Equivalent to £574,600 in 2017) PERO GOMEZ SR 2005 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| PERO GOMEZ | John Wells | John Porter | Sir Joseph Hawley 3/1 |
| MARTYRDOM | George Fordham |  |
Lord Calthorpe 7/1 |
| GEORGE OSBALDESTON | French | Mr Feaster 33/1 | |
| TYPHON | Morris | Count Batthyany 3/1 | |
| DUKE OF BEAUFORT | Tom Cannon | Mr Brayley 33/1 | |
| LORD HAWTHORN | Tom Chaloner | Mr J Johnstone 50/1 | |
| THE STARTER | J Adams | Mr John Barham Day 100/1 | |
| THE DRUMMER | Custance | Mr W Graham 25/1 | |
| CONRAD | C Page | Mr W Graham 100/1 | |
| PRETENDER | Osborne | Mr J Johnstone 5/6 fav | |
| DERVENTIO | Hudson | Mr J Johnstone 100/1 | |
| Pero Gomez won by a neck in 3 minutes 21.5 seconds with George Osbaldeston a further 4 lengths behind Martyrdom in third. As a two year old Pero Gomez had won the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket, but he had just failed to beat Pretender in the Derby. | Over Round 133% | ||
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