| DONCASTER ST LEGER 1981 | |||
The 205th winner of the St Leger, held on Saturday 12th September 1981 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Cut Above, a bay colt by High Top out of Cutle, owned by Sir Jakie Astor. A field of 8 runners contested the race which was worth £100,000. (Equivalent to £395,000 in 2017) The Youtube link below, supplied by World of Sport, is a 7 minute 35 second clip of the 1981 race CUT ABOVE SR 1993 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| CUT ABOVE | Joe Mercer | Major Dick Hern | Sir Jakie Astor 28/1 |
| GLINT OF GOLD | John Matthias | Ian Balding | Paul Mellon |
| BUSTOMI | Lester Piggott | W R Hern | Lady Beaverbrook |
| SHERGAR | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | HH Aga Khan |
| BRIGADIER HAWK | Johnny Seagrave | Clive Brittain |  |
| MAGIKIN | Bruce Raymond | W R Hern | |
| RIBERETTO | Edward Hide | Ron Boss | |
| CONDESSA | Mark Birch | Jim Bolger | |
| The winner won by two and a half lengths in 3 minutes 11.6 seconds, with 4 lengths back to the third. In a career spanning 7 races, Cut Above won 2 and was second twice. | Over Round N/A | ||
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