DONCASTER ST LEGER 2015 | |||
The 239th winner of the St Leger, held on Saturday 12th September 2015 over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards of Town Moor, was Simple Verse, a bay filly by Duke of Marmalade out of Guantanamera, owned by Qatar Racing, Al Thani and Al Kubaisi. A field of 7 runners contested the race which was worth £393,737. (Equivalent to £405,500 in 2017) The Youtube link below, supplied by At The Races, is a 3 minute 21 second clip of the 2015 race SIMPLE VERSE SR 1898 |
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Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
SIMPLE VERSE | Andrea Atzeni | Ralph Beckett | Qatar Racing Ltd, Al Thani, Al Kubaisi 8/1 |
BONDI BEACH | Colm O'Donoghue | Aidan O'Brien | Mrs Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith 2/1 jf |
FIELDS OF ATHENRY | Silvestre de Sousa | Aidan O'Brien | Majken & Flemming Velin 100/30 |
STORM THE STARS | Pat Cosgrave | William Haggas | Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum 2/1 jf |
VENGEUR MASQUE | Umberto Rispoli | M Delzangles | R & C Leigh Racing et al 16/1 |
MEDRANO | Fergal Lynch | David Brown | Peter Onslow 25/1 |
PROPOSED | Pat Dobbs | Richard Hannon | Mrs J Wood 66/1 |
The winner won by a head in controversial circumstances in 3 minutes 7.12 seconds, with a length and 3/4 back to the third. The stewards disqualified Simple Verse, awarding the Classic to Bondi Beach, but on appeal Simple Verse was reinstated. | Over Round 113% |
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