| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1951 | |||
The 175th winner of the St Leger, held on Saturday 15th September 1951 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Talma, a bay colt by Pharis out of Thaouka, owned by Colonel William Radcliffe. A field of 18 runners contested the race which was worth £9,750. (Equivalent to £307,100 in 2017) The Youtube link below, supplied by British Pathe, is a 1 minute 43 second clip of the 1951 race TALMA SR 1999 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| TALMA | Rae Johnstone | Charles Semblat | M Marcel Boussac 7/1 |
| FRAISE DU BOIS | Charlie Smirke | Harry Wragg | HH Aga Khan 15/2 |
| MEDWAY | Doug Smith | Fred Winter | F Bartholomew 40/1 |
| DANESHILL | Ken Gethin | Norman Bertie | Sir Victor Sassoon 22/1 |
| SYBIL'S NEPHEW | W Rickaby | Jack Jarvis | Lord Milford 13/2 |
| AQUINO II | Charlie Elliott | F Armstrong | Maharaja of Baroda 100/8 |
| EXPEDITIOUS | Scobie Breasley | Noel Cannon | Mr J V Rank 100/8 |
| SEA PARROT | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | Lt-Col Giles Loder 100/8 |
| TUDOR CASTLE | Manny Mercer | G Colling | Senor R Peracca 100/7 |
| SUN PRINCE | Edgar Britt | Captain Elsey | Mr N Donaldson 50/1 |
| NOURREDDIN | T Lowrey | A J Waugh | Mr W Phillips 25/1 |
| WHINSAIRE | T Gosling | France | Mr J Neill 100/1 |
| GILDED HOUR | F Barlow | Jack Jarvis 100/1 |  |
| TURKS RELIANCE | G Littlewood | R A Jones 66/1 | |
| MYSTERY IX | F Palmer | France 10/1 | |
| LA DOUTELE | W H Carr | Easterby 100/1 | |
| VA VITE | Eph Smith | France 40/1 | |
| ZUCCHERO | C Spares | Ken Cundell 8/1 | |
| The winner won by 10 lengths in 3 minutes 13.8 seconds, with 4 lengths back to the third. In a career comprised of 9 races Talma won 5 and was second once. | Over Round 122% | ||
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