| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1944 | |||
The 168th winner of the St Leger, held on Saturday 16th September 1944 over 1 mile 6 furlongs of the New St Leger course at Newmarket, was Tehran, a bay colt by Bois Roussel out of Stafaralla, owned by HH Aga Khan. A field of 17 runners contested the race which was worth £2,600. (Equivalent to £108,900 in 2017) The Youtube link below is a 1 minutes 50 second clip of the 1944 race TEHRAN SR 2081 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| TEHRAN | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters | HH Aga Khan 9/2 |
| BOREALIS | Harry Wragg | W Earl | Lord Derby |
| OCEAN SWELL | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | Lord Rosebery |
| FAIR GLINT | Doug Smith |  |
HM the King |
| TRIONA | A Wragg | Mrs Bezner | |
| GROWING CONFIDENCE | K Mullins | Major D H Wills | |
| CAUSEWAY | W Pearson | Lord Derby | |
| HUNSINGORE | S Wragg | Major L B Holliday | |
| HAPPY LANDING | Tommy Lowrey | Mr W Hutchinson | |
| HYDER ALI | Cliff Richards | HH Aga Khan | |
| ORESTES | T H Carey | Miss Dorothy Paget | |
| RENWOOD | C Jarvis | Mr W Phillips | |
| RED FIFE | Charlie Elliott | Mr J V Rank | |
| GLIDE AWAY | Michael Beary | Mr W J Rimell | |
| MONSOON | P Maher | Mr W Phillips | |
| MODEL SUPERIOR | R Jones | Lord Rosebery | |
| HYCILLA | G Bridgland | Mr William Woodward | |
| The winner won by a length and a half in 3 minutes 6.6 seconds, and in a career comprised of 11 races Tehran won 6 and was second twice. | Over Round N/A | ||
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