Doncaster St Leger Winners

Print caption: Mr. Nichol's 'Newminster,' Winner of the Great St Leger Stakes, at Doncaster, 1851. (Preceding page.). Print is from the Illustrated London News, 1840-1902. Newminster was a bay colt bred by William Orde and foaled in 1848. Feb 26, 2021 Logician (Left) ridden by Frankie Dettori wins the William Hill St Leger Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse - Credit: PA DID YOU KNOW? The first horse racing track in Doncaster was established in 1614.

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The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1horse races run during the traditional flat racing season.^[1] They are restricted to three-year-old horses and traditionally represent the pinnacle of achievement for racehorses against their own age group. As such, victory in any classic marks a horse as amongst the very best of a generation. Victory in two or even three of the series (a rare feat known as the English Triple Crown) marks a horse as truly exceptional.

Races[edit]

The five British Classics are:

It is common to think of them as taking place in three legs.

The first leg is made up of the Newmarket Classics – 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas. Given that the 1,000 Guineas is restricted to fillies, this is regarded as the fillies' classic and the 2,000, which is open to both sexes, as the colts' classic, although it is theoretically possible for a filly to compete in both.

The second leg is made up of The Derby and/or Oaks, both ridden over ​1¹⁄₂ miles at Epsom in early June. The Oaks is regarded as the fillies' classic, the Derby as the colts', although, as with the Guineas, a filly could theoretically contest both.

The final leg is the St Leger, held over 1 mile ​6¹⁄₂ furlongs at Doncaster and is open to both sexes.

The variety of distances and racecourses faced in the Classics make them particularly challenging as a series to even the best horses. It is rare for a horse to possess both the speed and stamina to compete across all these distances, making the Triple Crown a particularly notable achievement. In fact, in the modern era, it is rare for any attempt on the Triple Crown to be made.

History[edit]

Although the oldest race in the series, the St Leger, was first run 1776, the races were not designated 'classics' until 1815,^[2] shortly after the first running of the 1,000 Guineas.

Multiple classic winners[edit]

(see also Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing)

In 1902 Sceptre became the only racehorse to win four British Classic Races outright, winning both Guineas, the Oaks and the St Leger. Previously, in 1868, Formosa won the same four races but dead-heated in the 2,000 Guineas.^[3]

Fifteen horses have won the standard Triple Crown (2,000 Guineas – Derby – St Leger), the last being Nijinsky in 1970.

In addition to Sceptre and Formosa above, eight horses have won the fillies' Triple Crown (1,000 Guineas – Oaks – St Leger), the last being Oh So Sharp in 1985.

Many horses have won two classics, some of whom have gone on to attempt the Triple Crown, losing in the last leg at Doncaster. The most recent example of this was the Aidan O'Brien trained Camelot, who having won the 2,000 Guineas and Derby, finished second in the St Leger in 2012.

Four classic wins[edit]

• Formosa 1868
• Sceptre 1902

Three classic wins[edit]

• Crucifix 1840
• West Australian 1853
• Gladiateur 1865
• Lord Lyon 1866
• Hannah 1871
• Apology 1874
• Ormonde 1886
• Common 1891
• La Fleche 1892
• Isinglass 1893
• Galtee More 1897
• Flying Fox 1899
• Diamond Jubilee 1900
• Rock Sand 1903
• Pretty Polly 1904
• Pommern 1915
• Gay Crusader 1917
• Gainsborough 1918
• Bahram 1935
• Sun Chariot 1942
• Meld 1955
• Nijinsky 1970
• Oh So Sharp 1985

Two classic wins[edit]

• Champion (1800)
• Eleanor (1801)
• Smolensko (1813)
• Neva (1817)
• Corinne (1818)
• Pastille (1822)
• Zinc (1823)
• Cobweb (1824)
• Cadland (1828)
• Galata (1832)
• Queen of Trumps (1835)
• Bay Middleton (1836)
• Cotherstone (1843)
• Mendicant (1846)
• Sir Tatton Sykes (1846)
• Surplice (1848)
• The Flying Dutchman (1849)
• Voltigeur (1850)
• Stockwell (1852)
• Blink Bonny (1857)
• Imperieuse (1857)
• Governess (1858)
• The Marquis (1862)
• Macaroni (1863)
• Blair Athol (1864)
• Achievement (1867)
• Pretender (1869)
• Reine (1872)
• Marie Stuart (1873)
• Spinaway (1875)
• Camelia (1876)
• Petrarch (1876)
• Silvio (1877)
• Jannette (1878)
• Pilgrimage (1878)
• Wheel of Fortune (1879)
• Iroquois (1881)
• Thebais (1881)
• Shotover (1882)
• Busybody (1884)
• Melton (1885)
• Miss Jummy (1886)
• Reve d'Or (1887)
• Ayrshire (1888)
• Seabreeze (1888)
• Donovan (1889)
• Memoir (1890)
• Mimi (1891)
• Amiable (1894)
• Ladas (1894)
• Sir Visto (1895)
• Persimmon (1896)
• St Amant (1904)
• Cherry Lass (1905)
• Signorinetta (1908)
• Minoru (1909)
• Sunstar (1911)
• Tagalie (1912)
• Jest (1913)
• Princess Dorrie (1914)
• Fifinella (1916)
• Tranquil (1923)
• Manna (1925)
• Saucy Sue (1925)
• Coronach (1926)
• Trigo (1929)
• Cameronian (1931)
• Hyperion (1933)
• Windsor Lad (1934)
• Exhibitionnist (1937)
• Rockfel (1938)
• Blue Peter (1939)
• Galatea (1939)
• Godiva (1940)
• Herringbone (1943)
• Sun Stream (1945)
• Airborne (1946)
• Imprudence (1947)
• Musidora (1949)
• Nimbus (1949)
• Tulyar (1952)
• Never Say Die (1954)
• Crepello (1957)
• Bella Paola (1958)
• Petite Etoile (1959)
• Never Too Late (1960)
• St Paddy (1960)
• Sweet Solera (1961)
• Royal Palace (1967)
• Sir Ivor (1968)
• Altesse Royale (1971)
• Mysterious (1973)
• Dunfermline (1977)
• Sun Princess (1983)
• Midway Lady (1986)
• Reference Point (1987)
• Nashwan (1989)
• Salsabil (1990)
• User Friendly (1992)
• Kazzia (2002)
• Sea The Stars (2009)
• Camelot (2012)
• Minding (2016)
• Love (2020)

Records[edit]

Most wins as a horse

• Sceptre – 4 wins (1902)

Most wins as a jockey

• Lester Piggott – 30 wins (1954–1992)^[4]

Most wins as a trainer

• John Scott – 40 wins (1827-1863)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Glossary'. National Horseracing Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
2. ^'The History of Horse Racing'. Equine World. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
3. ^Thoroughbred Heritage: Sceptre Retrieved 13 September 2010
4. ^'Famous Jockeys'. Racing-Insider. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

Mike Bacon takes a look at Town's visitors to Portman Road this weekend - Doncaster Rovers.

DONNY NOT SO SUNNY

Doncaster Rovers are in town this weekend hoping to burst Ipswich's cock-a-hoop bubble after the Blues win at Hull in midweek.

Similar to the Tigers though, Donny are not on the greatest run of form - with no league win in four and only a scrambled draw, ironically with Hull, last time out, saving them from four straight defeats.

However, they have been on a tough run of fixtures, with victories over Lincoln and Oxford, before three defeats to Fleetwood, Sunderland and Accrington, then the draw with Hull.

They are currently holding down the final play-off promotion place, in sixth. But have a whole host of clubs breathing down their necks - including Ipswich, who sit four places and five points behind the south Yorkshire side.

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Doncaster Rovers' Fejiri Okenabirhie (right) celebrates scoring at Swindon. He's in great form this season.- Credit: PA

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Doncaster score plenty of goals - only Hull and Peterborough have scored more.

But they also concede plenty. Indeed, with 34 goals against them in League One this campaign so far, they have the leakiest defence in the top seven - Blackpool, Shrewsbury and Fleetwood have conceded less and they sit in the bottom half of the table.

Fejiri Okenabirhie is Donny's top scorer with 10 League goals and Darren Moore's side can't be accused of providing little in entertainment - in 10 of their 27 League One games there have been four goals or more.

One of those four goal-plus games was when Town visited the Keepmoat Stadium, back in October.

James Wilson covers his face after Ipswich concede the second of two goal for the home side at Doncaster Rovers. Picture Pagepix Ltd

Town took the lead in the 15th minute that night after Luke Chambers’ low cross was turned into his own net by Joe Wright.

But Doncaster came flying back - eventually running out 4-1 winners. At the time it put pay to Town's unbeaten six-game run.

Doncaster Rovers manager Darren Moore.- Credit: PA

MOORE'S THE MERRIER!

Doncaster boss Darren Moore took over at the Keepmoat Stadium in July 2019 from Grant McCann, who took over at Hull.

He began his managerial career at West Brom, when he took over as caretaker boss from Alan Pardew. This made him the first-ever Jamaican to manage in the Premier League.

And he did well enough to get the job on a full-time basis the next season, despite being unable to keep the Baggies in the Premier League.

In March 2019, however, he lost his job at The Hawthorns with the Baggies still in the promotion play-offs - they ended up losing to Villa in the play-off semi-final.

His win ratio at West Brom was impressive. From 48 games he had a win ratio of almost 48%. Today, at Doncaster, his win ratio is almost 46%. As a player, Moore was a solid defender who played in the Premier League with Derby County. He made almost 600 League appearances in total for a variety of clubs.

Doncaster Rovers' James Coppinger celebrates scoring his side's third goal to level the score at 3-3 during the Sky Bet League One match at Keepmoat Stadium recently.- Credit: PA

LOYAL MAN JAMES SAYING GOODBYE

Donny midfielder James Coppinger is in his 17th season at Doncaster, and is the only player to reach 500 total appearances for the club.

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He is now heading towards 600 appearances - and almost 800 in total during his League career. He is 40 years old and a former England under-16 international.

Coppinger was bought by Doncaster manager Dave Penney for £30,000 in May 2004.

In July last year, he signed another one-year deal with the club. He also confirmed that after 16 years at Doncaster, this would be his final season as a professional footballer.

And just for good measure he's still banging them in! Against Hull the last time Donny played, it was Coppinger who netted a 112th-minute equaliser for Darren Moore's side in a thrilling 3-3 draw.

Logician (Left) ridden by Frankie Dettori wins the William Hill St Leger Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse- Credit: PA

DID YOU KNOW?

St Leger Horse Race

The first horse racing track in Doncaster was established in 1614.

The Doncaster Cup was run for the first time in 1766, making it the oldest regulated horse race in the world.