DONCASTER ST LEGER 1880

The 105th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 15th September 1880 over the 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Robert The Devil, a bay colt by Bertram out of Cast Off, owned by Mr C Brewer. The winner won by an easy 3 lengths in 3 minutes 32 seconds. A field of 12 runners contested the race, although there were 255 subscriptions of 25 Sovereigns each, which was worth £6050. (Equivalent to £689,700 in 2017)

ROBERT THE DEVIL SR 2040
Horse Jockey Trainer Owner/Betting
ROBERT THE DEVIL Tom Cannon Charles Blanton Mr Charles Brewer 4/1
CIPOLATA Constable Lord Rosebery 100/6
THE ABBOT F Webb Mr Naylor 20/1
ZEALOT William McDonald Lord Bradford 15/1
JENNY HOWLET J Snowden Mr Perkins 25/1
NOVICE J Osborne Mr Stephenson 66/1
APOLLO C Wood Lord Falmouth 100/1
NAPSBURY Morgan Mr H F C Vyner 33/1
INCENDIARY Morbey Duke of Westminster 100/1
UNNAMED BAY COLT BY VULCAN Bruckshaw Mr S Ibbetson 100/1
BEAUMINET George Fordham Mr Lefevre 66/1
BEND OR Fred Archer Duke of Westminster 8/11
The winner won 10 of his 14 races including the Cesarewitch (1880) and Ascot Gold Cup (1881). Over Round 107%

The image shown below is by Alfred F de Prades 1881 and is in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago.

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