The VRC St Leger is a Listed Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 2800 metres at

Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is the world's richest handicap and the world's richest 3200-metre horse race. The racecou ...

, Melbourne,

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History

Delta 1950 VRC St Leger Flemington Racecourse Jockey Neville Sellwood Trainer Maurice McCarten

'Grand Flaneur' from The Powerhouse Museum Collection

First run in 1857, the race was originally held in March as part of the Victoria Racing Club Autumn Carnival. In 1907 the race was run on the same race card as the Newmarket Handicap. In an effort to promote the Australian Thoroughbred breeding industry, from 1932 to 1956

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s were banned from competing in the St. Leger. Past St Leger Stakes winners include

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inductees Grand Flaneur (1881), Poseidon (1907), Phar Lap (1930), Tranquil Star (1941) and

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(1958). Several winners also captured Australia's most prestigious race, the Melbourne Cup. They are: Grand Flaneur (1881), Phar Lap (1930),

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(1949), Delta (1950), and Gurner's Lane (1982). In 1956, Sailor's Guide won the race and in 1958 raced in

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where he defeated a top international field in the forerunner to the

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, the then very prestigious

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

Venue

The St. Leger was hosted by Moonee Valley Racecourse in 2001 and again in 2007 due to track refurbishments being carried out at the Flemington racecourse.

Distance

The race was held over a distance of 14 furlongs, 132 yards until 1973 when it was modified to the metric distance of 2800 metres. In 1975 the race was run over 2700 metres. In 2001 and 2007, the distance was changed to 2500 metres when the race was run at Moonee Valley Racecourse while Flemington was under redevelopment.

Grade

*1857–1979 - Principal Race *1980–1990 - Group 2 *1991–2005 - Group 3 *2006 onwards - Listed Race

Records

Previously tied with

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at six wins, in 2005 Bart Cummings set the record for most victories by a trainer when he won the race for the seventh time.

Winners

*2022 - Alegron *2021 - Through Irish Eyes *2020 - Sacramento *2019 - Transact *2018 - Runaway *2017 - Dornier *2016 - Cool Chap *2015 - Authoritarian *2014 - Order of the Sun *2013 - Hippopus *2012 - Vatuvei *2011 - Right Of Refusal *2010 - Exceptionally *2009 - Berlioz *2008 - †Inkster / Moment In Time *2007 - Lazer Sharp2007 result
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*1957 - Summalu *1956 - Sailor's Guide *1955 - Pride Of Egypt *1954 - Cromis *1953 - Arbroath *1952 - Hydrogen *1951 - Midway *1950 - Delta *1949 -

*1948 - Lungi *1947 - Amelia *1946 - Gay Lad *1945 - New Yorker *1944 - Lawrence *1943 - Amazed *1942 - High Road *1941 - Tranquil Star *1940 - Reading *1939 - Tempest *1938 - Hua *1937 - Peerage *1936 - Allunga *1935 - Sylvandale *1934 - † Hall Mark / Limarch *1933 - Oratory *1932 - Middle Watch *1931 - Veilmond *1930 - Phar Lap *1929 - Strephon *1928 -

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*1927 - Epilogue *1926 - Belgamba *1925 - Spearfelt *1924 - Sandringham *1923 - Caserta *1922 - Furious *1921 - Nautical *1920 - Artilleryman *1919 - Eusebius *1918 - Prince Viridis *1917 - Colbert *1916 - Patrobas *1915 - Mountain Knight *1914 - Radnor *1913 - Wolawa *1912 - Wilari *1911 - Danaus *1910 -

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*1909 - Even Time *1908 - Mountain King *1907 - Poseidon *1906 - Lady Wallace *1905 - Munderah *1904 - Scottish King *1903 - Abundance *1902 - Grasspan *1901 - Finland *1900 - Parthian *1899 - Bobadil *1898 - Aurum *1897 - The Officer *1896 - Cabin Boy *1895 - Preston *1894 - Patron *1893 - Culloden *1892 - Strathmore *1891 - Gibraltar *1890 - Dreadnought *1889 - Volley *1888 - Abercorn *1887 - Trident *1886 - Matchlock *1885 - Silver King *1884 - Martini Henry *1883 - Navigator *1882 - Commotion *1881 - Grand Flaneur *1880 - Caspian *1879 - Bosworth *1878 - First King *1877 - Adelaide *1876 - Richmond *1875 - Melbourne *1874 - Sea Spray *1873 -

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*1872 - Hamlet *1871 - The Fawn *1870 - Lamplighter *1869 - Gasworks *1868 - Fireworks *1867 - Fishhook *1866 - Angler *1865 - Illumination *1864 - Oriflamme *1863 - Barwon *1862 -

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*1861 - Presto *1860 - Flying Buck *1859 - Brownlock *1858 - Fusilier *1857 - Artaxerxes † Dead heat

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vrc St Leger Horse races in Australia Flat horse races for three-year-olds Recurring events established in 1857 Flemington Racecourse 1857 establishments in Australia