| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1949 | |||
The 173rd winner of the St Leger, held on Saturday 10th September 1949 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Ridge Wood, a bay colt by Bois Roussel out of Hanging Fall, owned by Mr Geoffrey Smith. A field of 16 runners contested the race which was worth £9,750. (Equivalent to £325,700 in 2017) The Youtube link below, supplied by British Pathe, is a 2 minute 47 second clip of the 1949 race RIDGE WOOD SR 1923 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| RIDGE WOOD | Michael Beary | Noel Murless | Mr Geoffrey Smith 100/7 |
| DUST DEVIL | W R Johnstone | Frank Butters | HH Aga Khan 40/1 |
| LONE EAGLE | W H Carr | B Roch | William Woodward 6/1 |
| SWALLOW TAIL | Doug Smith | Earl | Lord Derby 3/1 |
| BARNES PARK | Ken Gethin | Colven 40/1 |  |
| BOISSON | Tommy Gosling | Forester 100/1 | |
| DONINGTON | W Nevett | Halsey 100/1 | |
| GREY TUDOR | G Littlewood | P Allden 50/1 | |
| KRAKATAO | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless 10/1 | |
| MARVEIL II | Charlie Elliott | France 20/1 | |
| MON CHATELAIN | J Longden | J Wood 66/1 | |
| PETER FLOWER | W Rickaby | Jack Jarvis 100/9 | |
| ROYAL EMPIRE | Edgar Britt | Fred Armstrong 10/1 | |
| UGONGO | Tommy Lowrey | R A Jones 100/1 | |
| MUSIDORA | W T Evans | Elsey 8/1 | |
| UNKNOWN QUANTITY | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis 100/6 | |
| The winner won by 3 lengths in 3 minutes 8.2 seconds, with 3/4 length back to the third. In a career spanning 12 races Ridge Wood won 7 and was second once. | Over Round 105% | ||
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