| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1870 | |||
The 95th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 14th September 1870 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Hawthornden, a bay colt by Lord Clifden out of Bonny Blink, owned by Mr Thomas Vaughan Morgan. A field of 19 runners contested the race, although there were 234 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 5850 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £5,525. (Equivalent to £607,800 in 2017) HAWTHORNDEN SR 1863 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| HAWTHORNDEN | Jemmy Grimshaw | Joseph Dawson | Mr Thomas V Morgan 1000/35 |
| KINGCRAFT | French |  |
Lord Falmouth 2/1 fav |
| WHEAT-EAR | F Webb | Lord Falmouth 10/1 | |
| RECORDER | Tom Cannon | Mr Brayley 200/1 | |
| PALMERSTON | Tom Chaloner | Mr W S Crawfurd 7/2 | |
| PHYSIOLOGY | Maidment | Mr Cross 200/1 | |
| TABERNACLE | Goater | Mr J C Stuart 25/1 | |
| BONNY SWELL | Jeffrey | Captain Machell 50/1 | |
| CAPTIVATOR | George Fordham | Mr Graham 100/8 | |
| STOCKHAUSEN | J Adams | Mr Graham 200/1 | |
| ALARIC | Hunter | Mr T Jenning 200/1 | |
| SUNLIGHT | Snowden |  |
Mr James Merry 8/1 |
| STANLEY | Osborne | Mr J Johnstone 25/1 | |
| ENTERPRISE | Morris | Mr Martin 200/1 | |
| NORMANBY | Parry | Mr J Dawson 40/1 | |
| THE BOY | Wyatt | Captain Atkins 66/1 | |
| PTARMIGAN | Hudson | Mr T S Dawson 100/1 | |
| ELY APPLETON | Custance | Mr W S Cartwright 200/1 | |
| WILD FLOWER | Butler | Mr W S Crawfurd 200/1 | |
| The strongly fancied Kingcraft was expected to dominate the event and was led in the early stages by Sunlight, but after 2 furlongs the leader swerved and fell, breaking a fetlock joint. Wild Flower took up the running until 3/4 of a mile from home when he dropped back rapidly. Two furlongs out and Kingcraft and Hawthornden had the race between them and after a ding-dong battle Hawthornden prevailed by a head in 3 minutes 18.5 seconds. After a successful 2 year old career the winner had a lean time as a three year old until causing a surprise in the St Leger. Performances later in his career were undistinguished. | Over Round 104% | ||
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