The AJC St Leger is an historical

Australian Turf Club Australian Turf Club (ATC) owns and operates thoroughbred racing, events and hospitality venues across Sydney, Australia. The ATC came into being on 7 February 2011 when the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) and the Sydney Turf Club (STC) merged. The ...

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are ...

horse race run over 2,600 metres at

Randwick Racecourse Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing located in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse is Crown Land leased to the Australian Turf Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarter ...

, Sydney, Australia run under set weights with penalties for stayers three - years and older.

History

Poseidon 1906 VRC Melbourne Cup Owner Sir Hugh Denison Randwick Trainer Isaac Earnshaw

Gold Rod 1936 VRC Sires Produce Stakes Flemington Racecourse Jockey Jack Pratt Trainer George Price

LUCRATIVE 1940 VRC DERBY MAURICE McCARTEN

The AJC St Leger is the oldest classic race in Australia derived from the English race and first run in 1841 as a 3YO event over 1½ miles at

Homebush Homebush is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Strathfield. The name of ...

, Sydney and continued at the new

in 1861. Not run in 1854 & 1860 also 1960 – 1979 and 2002 – 2016. The Principal race was re-instated by the AJC Committee again in 1980 graded at Group 2 level, encouraged by a direct descendent of Major General Anthony St Leger who instigated the

St Leger Stakes The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a ...

, first run at Doncaster Racecourse in

Northern England Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North Country, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It broadly corresponds to the former borders of Angle Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik, and the ...

in 1776. The race ended in 2001 and reappeared as the St Leger Stakes (ATC) in the Spring of 2017 with the expanded 15 million

Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru ...

carnival in October and since being reinstated has not received graded status. Notable winners include Sky Heights (2001),

Tie The Knot Tie The Knot (foaled 1994 - Died October 2012) was an Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 13 Group One races. In 1999-2000, he was voted Australian Champion Stayer and in 2021 was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. ...

(2000), Linesman (1996), Castletown (1991), Tawrrific (1989),

Beau Zam Beau Zam (6 November 1984 – 17 April 2000) was a New Zealand-bred and Australian-trained Thoroughbred racehorse that won five Group 1 races. Racing career Beau Zam was the first Australian horse to win over $2 million in stake money. Races h ...

(1988), Handy Proverb (1986), Gurner's Lane (1982), Tulloch (1958),

Sailor's Guide Sailor's Guide was an outstanding Thoroughbred racehorse that was conceived in England and foaled in Australia. He is notable in that he won races in the United States, Canada, and a number of principal Australian races, and was a high stakes ea ...

(1956),

Hydrogen Hydrogen is the chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. Hydrogen is the lightest element. At standard conditions hydrogen is a gas of diatomic molecules having the formula . It is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic ...

(1952), Playboy (1950),

Carbon Copy Before the development of photographic copiers, a carbon copy was the under-copy of a typed or written document placed over carbon paper and the under-copy sheet itself (not to be confused with the carbon print family of photographic reproduc ...

(1949), Gold Rod (1937),

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythi ...

(1933),

Phar Lap Phar Lap (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a champion New Zealand–bred Thoroughbred racehorse who is widely regarded as New Zealand's greatest racehorse ever. Achieving incredible success during his distinguished career, his initial u ...

(1930),

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...

(1927), Windbag (1925), Prince Foote (1910),

Poseidon Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a ...

(1907) and Newhaven (1897).

Distance

* 1841–1859 – 1 miles (~2400 metres) * 1861–1959 – 1 miles (~2800 metres) * 1980–2000 – 2800 metres * 2001 onwards – 2600 metres

Grade

* 1841–1979 – Principal race * 1980–2001 – Group 2 * 2018 onwards – Non graded

1932 & 1933 racebooks

File:1932 AJC St Leger Racebook P1.jpg, 1932 AJC St Leger racebook showing the winner, Middle Watch. File:1932 AJC St Leger Racebook P2.jpg, 1932 AJC St Leger racebook. File:1933 AJC DONCASTER HANDICAP RACEBOOK P1.jpg, 1933 AJC St Leger racebook. File:1933 AJC St Leger Racebook P2.jpg, Inside cover showing race day officials. File:1933 AJC St Leger Racebook.jpg, Conditions & starters showing the winner, Peter Pan.

Winners

* 2022 - Stockman * 2021 – Warning * 2020 – Fun Fact * 2019 – Hush Writer * 2018 – Big Blue * 2017 – Big Duke * 2002–2016 – Race not held * 2001 – Sky Heights * 2000 –

* 1999 – Inshallah * 1998 – Bridleman * 1997 – Interval * 1996 – Linesman * 1995 – Beaux Art * 1994 – Gold Sovereign * 1993 – Te Akau Nick * 1992 – Tuff Enuff * 1991 – Castletown * 1990 – Chaleyer * 1989 – Tawrrific * 1988 –

* 1987 – Argonaut Style * 1986 – Handy Proverb * 1985 – Duanettes Girl * 1984 – Port Fair * 1983 – Forward Charge * 1982 – Gurner's Lane * 1981 – November Rain * 1980 – Shogun * 1960–1979 – Race not held * 1959 – Bardshah * 1958 – Tulloch * 1957 – Monte Carlo * 1956 –

* 1955 – Pride Of Egypt * 1954 – Monarch * 1953 – Sea Sovereign * 1952 –

* 1951 – Aristocrat * 1950 – Playboy * 1949 –

* 1948 – Cronides * 1947 – Vigaro * 1946 – Gay Lad * 1945 – Accession * 1944 – Mayfowl * 1943 – Modulation * 1942 – Its Funny * 1941 – Lucrative * 1940 – Reading * 1939 – Mosaic * 1938 – John Wilkes * 1937 – Gold Rod * 1936 – Allunga * 1935 – Sylvandale * 1934 – Limarch * 1933 –

* 1932 – Middle Watch * 1931 – Veilmond * 1930 –

* 1929 – Strephon * 1928 – Winalot * 1927 –

* 1926 – Belgamba * 1925 – Windbag * 1924 – Lady Valais * 1923 – Sir Andrew * 1922 – Harvest King * 1921 – Salitros * 1920 – Millieme * 1919 – Finmark * 1918 – Prince Viridis * 1917 – Thana * 1916 – Kandos * 1915 – Mountain Knight * 1914 – Radnor * 1913 – Wolawa * 1912 – Jacamar * 1911 – Cadonia * 1910 – Prince Foote * 1909 – Lord Nolan * 1908 – Mountain King * 1907 –

* 1906 – Lady Wallace * 1905 – Dividend * 1904 – Emir * 1903 – Abundance * 1902 – Sir Leonard * 1901 – Clean Sweep * 1900 – Parthian * 1899 – Johansen * 1898 – Amberite * 1897 – Newhaven * 1896 – Wallace * 1895 – Cobbity * 1894 – The Sailor Prince * 1893 – Camoola * 1892 – La Tosca * 1891 – Correze * 1890 – Dreadnought * 1889 – Melos * 1888 – Abercorn * 1887 – Trident * 1886 – Matchlock * 1885 – Silver King * 1884 – Legrand * 1883 – Navigator * 1882 – Wheatear * 1881 – Progress * 1880 – Petrea * 1879 – Bosworth * 1878 – Cap-A-Pie * 1877 – Robinson Crusoe * 1876 – Robin Hood * 1875 – Kingsborough * 1874 – Goldsbrough * 1873 – Commodore * 1872 – Hamlet * 1871 – Lady Clifden * 1870 – Moselle * 1869 – Coquette * 1868 – Glencoe * 1867 – Fishhook * 1866 – The Pitsford * 1865 – Yattendon * 1864 – Ramornie * 1863 – Regno * 1862 – Exeter * 1861 – Alfred * 1860 – Race not held * 1859 – The Don * 1858 – Chevalier * 1857 – Lauristina * 1856 – Stumpy * 1855 – Bay Camden * 1854 – Race not held * 1853 – Cooramin * 1852 – Surplice * 1851 – Plover * 1850 – Cossack * 1849 – Pastile * 1848 – Snake * 1847 – Whalebone * 1846 – Lady Theorem * 1845 – Peter From Athlone * 1844 – Blue Bonnet * 1843 – Marchioness * 1842 – Beeswing * 1841 – Eleanor

References

{{reflist Horse races in Australia Randwick Racecourse