| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1978 | |||
The 202nd winner of the St Leger, held on Saturday 16th September 1978 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Julio Mariner, a bay colt by Blakeney out of Set Free, owned by Captain Marcos Lemos. A field of 15 runners contested the race which was worth £65,750. (Equivalent to £376,000 in 2017) The Youtube link below is a 36 second clip of the 1978 race JULIO MARINER SR 1942 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| JULIO MARINER | Edward Hide | Clive Brittain | Captain Marcos Lemos 28/1 |
| LE MOSS | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil |  |
| M LOLSHAN | Brian Taylor | H Ryan Price | |
| ARAPAHOS | Lester Piggott | Barry Hills | |
| DUKE OF NORMANDY | Willie Carson | W R Hern | |
| EASTER KING | Philip Paquet | Francois Boutin | |
| GALIANI | A Lequeux | Maurice Zilber | |
| ILE DE BOURBON | John Reid | R Houghton | |
| KANDOS | Jimmy Bleasdale | Robert Armstrong | |
| LESS ICE | Greville Starkey | Liame Browne | |
| LOTTA CONTINUA | Frankie Durr | Luca Cumani | |
| NICHOLAS BILL | Philip Waldron | Henry Candy | |
| OBREZTSOVY | Brian Rouse | H Ryan Price | |
| ROSCOE BLAKE | Geoff Baxter | Bruce Hobbs | |
| SAUVAGE | Yves Saint Martin | A Klimscha | |
| The winner won by a length and a quarter in 3 minutes 4.94 seconds, with a head back to the third. | Over Round N/A | ||
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