| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1885 | |||
The 110th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 16th September 1885 over the 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Melton, a bay colt by Master Kildare out of Violet Melrose, owned by the 20th Baron Hastings. A field of 10 runners contested the race, although there were 206 subscriptions of 25 sovereigns each, which was worth 5150 sovereigns. The value to the winner was £4,825 (Equivalent to £554,900 in 2017) MELTON SR 2047 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| MELTON | Fred Archer | Matthew Dawson | 20th Baron Hastings 1/6 fav |
| ISOBAR | C Wood |  |
Lord Bradford 10/1 |
| LONELY | Tom Cannon | Lord Cadogan 10/1 | |
| DUNBRIDGE | J Goater | Mr Tom Cannon 100/1 | |
| WASTDALE | Giles | Mr H Brisco 100/1 | |
| DUCAT | F Webb | Mr C J Lefevre 50/1 | |
| DAME AGNES | J Woodburn | Mr W A Long 50/1 | |
| SWILLINGTON | Jim Snowden | Mr Lowther 100/1 | |
| FAREWELL | G Barrett | Duke of Westminster 33/1 | |
| ST HELENA | J Watts | Lord Zetland 100/7 | |
| The winner won by a comfortable 6 lengths in 3 minutes 15.6 second. In an 18 race career Melton won 11 races including the Epsom Derby, St Leger and July Cup. | Over Round 119% | ||
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