| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1875 | |||
The 100th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 15th September 1875 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Craigmillar, a chestnut colt by Blair Athol out of Miss Roland, owned by Mr William Stirling Crawfurd. A field of 13 runners contested the race, although there were 187 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 4675 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £4,150. (Equivalent to £413,600 in 2017) CRAIGMILLAR SR 1985 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| CRAIGMILLAR | Tom Chaloner | Alec Taylor snr | Mr W S Crawfurd 100/15 |
| BALFE | Tom Cannon |  |
Prince Soltykoff 12/1 |
| EARL OF DARTREY | J Goater | Mr H Savile 6/1 | |
| RABAGAS II | Heslop | M Aumont 20/1 | |
| SEYMOUR | T Osborne | Mr Trentham 9/2 fav | |
| BREECHLOADER | F Webb | Lord Fitzwilliam 40/1 | |
| DREADNOUGHT | Fred Archer | Lord Falmouth 9/1 | |
| PERKIN WARBECK | John Osborne | Mr Johnstone 25/1 | |
| ST CYR | Hudson | M A Lupin 25/1 | |
| GILBERT | George Fordham | Count F De Lagrange 7/1 | |
| NEW HOLLAND | Parry | Prince Soltykoff 50/1 | |
| SAINT LEGER | Morris | Mr W Mitchell-Innes 10/1 | |
| DALBRECK | Custance | Mr Etches 66/1 | |
| When the flag fell no one was keen to go on but Seymour reluctantly set the pace closely followed by Ne Holland. This order was maintained until Perkin Warbeck made a bid for glory approaching the hill, a lead he kept until the field reached the Red House whereupon Balfe, Rabagas II and Craigmillar made their efforts. From 2 out it was clear that Craigmillar was going easily and readily won by 3 lengths in 3 minutes 20 seconds, with half a length between Balfe and Earl of Dartrey. Craigmillar won the Buckenham Stakes at Newmarket and the Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood as a 2 year old, while later in his career he was defeated by Apology in the 1876 Ascot Gold Cup before winning the Doncaster Cup in the same year. | Over Round 103% | ||
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