| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1879 | |||
The 104th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 10th September 1879 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Rayon D'Or, a chestnut colt by Flageolet out of Arucaria, owned by Count Frederic De Lagrange. A field of 17 runners contested the race, although there were 276 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 6900 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £6,575. (Equivalent to £716,700 in 2017) RAYON D'OR SR 1971 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| RAYON D'OR | Jem Goater | Tom Jennings | Count F De Lagrange 3/1 jt fav |
| RUPERRA | C Wood |  |
Mr J H Houldsworth 100/15 |
| EXETER | Custance | Mr C Blanton 28/1 | |
| PROTECTIONIST | H Jeffery | Lord Bateman 200/1 | |
| ALCHEMIST | Rossiter | Mr H E Beddington 66/1 | |
| LANSDOWN | George Fordham | Mr W S Crawfurd 7/1 | |
| MARSHALL SCOTT | T Osborne | Lord Dupplin 55/1 | |
| MULEY EDRIS | Luke | Lord Falmouth 100/1 | |
| SALTEADOR | Rolfe | M Fould 22/1 | |
| WHITE POPPY | Glover | Mr R Howett 200/1 | |
| SQUEAKER | Moberly |  |
Mr Hampton 200/1 |
| ZUT | J Morris | Count F De Lagrange 25/1 | |
| SIR BEVYS | Tom Cannon | Mr Leopold Rothschild 3/1 jt fav | |
| VISCONTI | Fred Archer | Lord Rosebery 25/1 | |
| JESSIE AGNES | Tom Chaloner | Mr J Snarry 200/1 | |
| ROBBIE BURNS | Snowden | Mr Pickersgill 33/1 | |
| PALMBEARER | John Osborne | Mr J Trotter 33/1 | |
| The first to show was Visconti, from Jessie Agnes and Rayon D'Or, but after only 2 furlongs Rayon D'Or dashed passed the early leader to make the test a true gallop. By the time of the rising hill Rayon D'Or had increased his lead ahead of Alchemist and Ruperra and this order was maintained at the Red House. As they rounded the final bend Rayon D'Or was still several lengths clear of Ruperra and was still pulling double. Seemingly without effort he maintained his lead to the line, winning by 5 lengths in 3 minutes 21 seconds, with a length separating Ruperra and Exeter. In an outstanding 23 race career he won 17 and was second twice. but was soundly beaten in Sir Bevys Derby. | Over Round 104% | ||
| Note: The image of Jem Goater is shown courtesy of John Griffiths, author of 'Hedneford's Horse Racing History' | |||
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