| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1883 | |||
The 108th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 12th September 1883 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Ossian, a bay colt by Salvator out of Music, owned by the 12th Duke of Hamilton. A field of 9 runners contested the race, although there were 202 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 5050 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £4,725. (Equivalent to £524,500 in 2017) OSSIAN SR 1935 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| OSSIAN | John Watts | Richard Marsh | 12th Duke of Hamilton 9/1 |
| CHISLEHURST | John Osborne |  |
Mr C Perkins 100/6 |
| HIGHLAND CHIEF | F Webb | Lord Ellesmere 5/2 fav | |
| THE PRINCE | Tom Cannon | Mr Blanton 10/1 | |
| ELZEVIR | C Wood | Mr Gerard 5/1 | |
| CORNFIELD | Lemaire | Mr J Houldsworth 66/1 | |
| LADISLAS | George Fordham | Mr C J Lefevre 10/1 | |
| CECIL CRAVEN | Sam Loates | Mr T McDougal 100/1 | |
| ROYAL ANGUS | Fred Archer | Mr A Taylor 100/30 | |
| After one false start in which Cecil Craven ran half a mile before returning to the start, it was Royal Angus who was first to show. Ossian then took over briefly before his stable companion became the pace maker. Over the hill and Cecil Craven was 3 lengths clear of Ossian, with Chislehurst and The Prince close up. At the Red House Ossian took over from his pace maker and kicked on with half a mile to go. At the distance Ossian came away from his field to win by a comfortable 3 lengths in 3 minutes 19 seconds, with Highland Chief a bad third. In 1883 Ossian won the Sussex Stakes and the Great Yorkshire Stakes at York. | Over Round 104% | ||
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