DONCASTER ST LEGER 1915 | |||
The 140th winner of the St Leger (although now called the September Stakes due to it being moved from Doncaster because of the First World War), held on Wednesday 15th September 1915 over the 1 mile 6 furlongs of the Cesarewitch course at Newmarket, was Pommern, a bay colt by Polymelus out of Merry Agnes, owned by Mr Solly Joel. A field of 7 runners contested the race which was worth £1,250. (Equivalent to £132,500 in 2017) POMMERN SR 2064 |
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Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
POMMERN | Steve Donoghue | Charles Peck | Mr Solly Joel 1/3 fav |
SNOW MARTEN | Walter Griggs | Mr L Neumann 9/1 | |
ACHTOI | C Trigg | Mr M Singer 25/1 | |
QUI L'AURA | George Stern | M J San-Migneli 50/1 | |
LET FLY | M Wing | Col Hall Walker 10/1 | |
APOTHECARY | Joe Childs | Mr J A de Rothschild 100/7 | |
BIRDSEYE | R Cooper | Mr J A de Rothschild 200/1 | |
The winner won by 3 lengths in 2 minutes 55.6 seconds, with 6 lengths between Snow Marten and Achtoi. Pommern was an impressive War time Triple Crown Winner winning 7 of his 10 races. | Over Round 108% | ||
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