| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1933 | |||
The 158th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 13th September 1933 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Hyperion, a chestnut colt by Gainsborough out of Selene, owned by the 7th Earl of Derby. A field of 14 runners contested the race which was worth £6,500. (Equivalent to £418,000 in 2017) The Youtube link below, supplied by British Pathe, is a 2 minute 0 second clip of the 1933 race HYPERION SR 2248 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| HYPERION | Tommy Weston | George Lambton | 17th Earl of Derby 6/4 fav |
| FELICITATION | Michael Beary | Frank Butters | HH Aga Khan III 22/1 |
| SCARLET TIGER | Brownie Carslake | George Lambton | Lord Durham 100/8 |
| HARINERO | C Ray | R Dawson | Mr W Barnett 100/9 |
| LIGHT SUSSEX | W Bullock | Elsey | Major C Behrens 28/1 |
| THOR II | Charlie Elliott | France | M Marcel Boussac 8/1 |
| YOUNG LOVER | R Perryman | Frank Butters | Sir A Butt 28/1 |
| KING SALMON | Freddie Fox | O Bell | Sir R Brooke 9/1 |
| SANS FEINE | R A Jones | Jack Jarvis | Mr E Esmond 100/6 |
| INTERLACE | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | Mr E Esmond 40/1 |
| FOXBRIDGE | Joe Childs | Peter Gilpin | Lt-Col Giles Loder 40/1 |
| RAYMOND | Gordon Richards | Lawson | Sir Abe Bailey 9/1 |
| MANITOBA | Sherry | Fred Darling | Lord Woolavington 50/1 |
| SOLFATARA | Lowrey | B Jarvis | Miss J B Courtauld 25/1 |
| The winner won by an impressive 3 lengths in 3 minutes 6.8 seconds, with a neck back to the third. | Over Round 117% | ||
| Shown below is an extract from Lord Derby's and his stud manager Major Jack Paine's Studbook. |
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