| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1935 | |||
The 160th winner of the St Leger, held on Wednesday 11th September 1935 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Bahram, a bay colt by Blandford out of Friar's Daughter, owned by HH Aga Khan III. A field of 8 runners contested the race which was worth £6,500. (Equivalent to £427,000 in 2017) The Youtube link below, supplied by British Pathe, is a 1 minute 51 second clip of the 1935 race BAHRAM SR 2110 |
|||
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| BAHRAM | Charlie Smirke | Frank Butters | HH Aga Khan III 4/9 fav |
| SOLAR RAY | J Sirett | Vic Smyth | Sir M McAlpine 100/7 |
| BUCKLEIGH | Harry Wragg | Thomas Hogg | Lord Glanely 33/1 |
| FLASH BYE | R A Jones | Lawson | Lord Astor 33/1 |
| FIELD TRIAL | R Dick | Lawson | Lord Astor 9/1 |
| PLASSY | R Perryman | C Leader | Lord Derby 100/7 |
| FAIRBAIRN | Gordon Richards | Peter Gilpin | Lt-Col Giles Loder 10/1 |
| PRY II | Tommy Weston | Digby | Mr H W Simms 50/1 |
| The winner won by an impressive 5 lengths in 3 minutes 1.8 seconds, with 2 lengths back to the third. | Over Round 109% | ||
| Shown below is an extract from Lord Derby's and his stud manager Major Jack Paine's Studbook. |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISBN 978-0-9957632-0-3 652 pages 774 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-1-0 352 pages 400 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-2-7 180 pages 140 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-3-4 264 pages 235 former courses |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Copies of the above books are only available by emailing johnwslusar@gmail.com stating your requirements, method of payment (cheque payable to W.Slusar) or Bank transfer, and the address where the book(s) should be sent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||