The St.Leger. One of the five classic races in england for the top 3 year olds of the season. Run at a longer distance than the three previous classic races of 1m,1m and 1m4f to win this race a horse needs distance as well as speed in it's armoury.
On it's first running in 1776 and named simply as a sweepstakes the race was open to three year old colts and fillies and was run over two miles however it was re-named the following year after it's founder Anthony St. Leger a politician and army officer
Past Winners
| 2008 | Conduit | Frankie Dettori | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 2007 | Lucarno | Jimmy Fortune | John Gosden |
| 2006 | Sixties Icon | Frankie Dettori | Jeremy Noseda |
| 2005 | Scorpion | Frankie Dettori | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2004 | Rule of Law | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 2003 | Brian Boru | Jamie Spencer | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2002 | Bollin Eric | Kevin Darley | Tim Easterby |
| 2001 | Milan | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2000 | Millenary | Richard Quinn | John Dunlop |
| 1999 | Mutafaweq | Richard Hills | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 1998 | Nedawi | John Reid | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 1997 | Silver Patriarch | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop |
| 1996 | Shantou | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden |
| 1995 | Classic Cliche | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 1994 | Moonax | Pat Eddery | Barry Hills |
| 1993 | Bob's Return | Philip Robinson | Mark Tompkins |
| 1992 | User Friendly | George Duffield | Clive Brittain |
| 1991 | Toulon | Pat Eddery | André Fabre |
| 1990 | Snurge | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole |
| 1989 | Michelozzo | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil |
| 1988 | Minster Son | Willie Carson | Neil Graham |
| 1987 | Reference Point | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil |
| 1986 | Moon Madness | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop |
| 1985 | Oh So Sharp | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil |
| 1984 | Commanche Run | Lester Piggott | Luca Cumani |
| 1983 | Sun Princess | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1982 | Touching Wood | Paul Cook | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1981 | Cut Above | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern |
| 1980 | Light Cavalry | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil |
| 1979 | Son of Love | Alain Lequeux | Robert Collet |
| 1978 | Julio Mariner | Edward Hide | Clive Brittain |
| 1977 | Dunfermline | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1976 | Crow | Yves Saint-Martin | Angel Penna, Sr. |
| 1975 | Bruni | Tony Murray | Ryan Price |
| 1974 | Bustino | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern |
| 1973 | Peleid | Frankie Durr | Bill Elsey |
| 1972 | Boucher | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1971 | Athens Wood | Lester Piggott | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1970 | Nijinsky | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1969 | Intermezzo | Ron Hutchinson | Harry Wragg |
| 1968 | Ribero | Lester Piggott | F. Johnson Houghton |
| 1967 | Ribocco | Lester Piggott | F. Johnson Houghton |
| 1966 | Sodium | Frankie Durr | George Todd |
| 1965 | Provoke | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern |
| 1964 | Indiana | Jimmy Lindley | Jack Watts |
| 1963 | Ragusa | Garnet Bougoure | Paddy Prendergast |
| 1962 | Hethersett | Harry Carr | Dick Hern |
| 1961 | Aurelius | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless |
| 1960 | St. Paddy | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless |
| 1959 | Cantelo | Edward Hide | Charles Elsey |
| 1958 | Alcide | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1957 | Ballymoss | Tommy Burns | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1956 | Cambremer | Freddie Palmer | Georges Bridgland |
| 1955 | Meld | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1954 | Never Say Die | Charles Smirke | Joe Lawson |
| 1953 | Premonition | Eph Smith | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1952 | Tulyar | Charles Smirke | Marcus Marsh |
| 1951 | Talma | Rae Johnstone | Charles Semblat |
| 1950 | Scratch | Rae Johnstone | Charles Semblat |
| 1949 | Ridge Wood | Michael Beary | Noel Murless |
| 1948 | Black Tarquin | Edgar Britt | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1947 | Sayajirao | Edgar Britt | Sam Armstrong |
| 1946 | Airborne | Tommy Lowrey | Dick Perryman |
| 1945 | Chamossaire | Tommy Lowrey | Dick Perryman |
| 1944 | Tehran | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters |
| 1943 | Herringbone | Harry Wragg | Walter Earl |
| 1942 | Sun Chariot | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling |
| 1941 | Sun Castle | Georges Bridgland | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1940 | Turkhan | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters |
| 1939 | no race 1939 | ||
| 1938 | Scottish Union | Brownie Carslake | Noel Cannon |
| 1937 | Chulmleigh | Gordon Richards | Tommy Hogg |
| 1936 | Boswell | Pat Beasley | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1935 | Bahram | Charles Smirke | Frank Butters |
| 1934 | Windsor Lad | Charles Smirke | Marcus Marsh |
| 1933 | Hyperion | Tommy Weston | George Lambton |
| 1932 | Firdaussi | Freddie Fox | Frank Butters |
| 1931 | Sandwich | Harry Wragg | Jack Jarvis |
| 1930 | Singapore | Gordon Richards | Tommy Hogg |
| 1929 | Trigo | Michael Beary | Dick Dawson |
| 1928 | Fairway | Tommy Weston | Frank Butters |
| 1927 | Book Law | Henri Jelliss | Alec Taylor, Jr. |
| 1926 | Coronach | Joe Childs | Fred Darling |
| 1925 | Solario | Joe Childs | Reginald Day |
| 1924 | Salmon-Trout | Brownie Carslake | Dick Dawson |
| 1923 | Tranquil | Tommy Weston | Charles Morton |
| 1922 | Royal Lancer | Bobby Jones | Alf Sadler, Jr. |
| 1921 | Polemarch | Joe Childs | Tom Green |
| 1920 | Caligula | Arthur Smith | Jack Leader |
| 1919 | Keysoe | Brownie Carslake | George Lambton |
| 1918 | Gainsborough | Joe Childs | Alec Taylor, Jr. |
| 1917 | Gay Crusader | Steve Donoghue | Alec Taylor, Jr. |
| 1916 | Hurry On | Charlie Childs | Fred Darling |
| 1915 | Pommern | Steve Donoghue | Charles Peck |
| 1914 | Black Jester | Walter Griggs | Charles Morton |
| 1913 | Night Hawk | Elijah Wheatley | Jack Robinson |
| 1912 | Tracery | George Bellhouse | John Watson |
| 1911 | Prince Palatine | Frank O'Neill | Henry Beardsley |
| 1910 | Swynford | Frank Wootton | George Lambton |
| 1909 | Bayardo | Danny Maher | Alec Taylor, Jr. |
| 1908 | Your Majesty | Walter Griggs | Charles Morton |
| 1907 | Wool Winder | Bill Halsey | Harry Enoch |
| 1906 | Troutbeck | George Stern | Willie Waugh |
| 1905 | Challacombe | Otto Madden | Alec Taylor, Jr. |
| 1904 | Pretty Polly | Willie Lane | Peter Gilpin |
| 1903 | Rock Sand | Danny Maher | George Blackwell |
| 1902 | Sceptre | Fred Hardy | Bob Sievier |
| 1901 | Doricles | Kempton Cannon | Alfred Hayhoe |
| 1900 | Diamond Jubilee | Herbert Jones | Richard Marsh |
| 1899 | Flying Fox | Morny Cannon | John Porter |
| 1898 | Wildfowler | Charles Wood | Sam Darling |
| 1897 | Galtee More | Charles Wood | Sam Darling |
| 1896 | Persimmon | John Watts | Richard Marsh |
| 1895 | Sir Visto | Sam Loates | Mathew Dawson |
| 1894 | Throstle | Morny Cannon | John Porter |
| 1893 | Isinglass | Tommy Loates | James Jewitt |
| 1892 | La Fleche | John Watts | John Porter |
| 1891 | Common | George Barrett | John Porter |
| 1890 | Memoir | John Watts | George Dawson |
| 1889 | Donovan | Fred Barrett | George Dawson |
| 1888 | Seabreeze | Jack Robinson | James Jewitt |
| 1887 | Kilwarlin | Jack Robinson | James Jewitt |
| 1886 | Ormonde | Fred Archer | John Porter |
| 1885 | Melton | Fred Archer | Mathew Dawson |
| 1884 | The Lambkin | John Watts | Mathew Dawson |
| 1883 | Ossian | John Watts | Richard Marsh |
| 1882 | Dutch Oven | Fred Archer | Mathew Dawson |
| 1881 | Iroquois | Fred Archer | Jacob Pincus |
| 1880 | Robert the Devil | Tom Cannon, Sr. | Tom Jennings, Sr. |
| 1879 | Rayon d'Or | Jem Goater | Tom Jennings, Sr. |
| 1878 | Jannette | Fred Archer | Mathew Dawson |
| 1877 | Silvio | Fred Archer | Mathew Dawson |
| 1876 | Petrarch | Jem Goater | John Dawson, Sr. |
| 1875 | Craig Millar | Tom Chaloner | Alec Taylor, Sr. |
| 1874 | Apology | John Osborne, Jr. | W. Osborne |
| 1873 | Marie Stuart | Tom Osborne | Robert Peck |
| 1872 | Wenlock | Charlie Maidment | Tom Wadlow |
| 1871 | Hannah | Charlie Maidment | Joseph Hayhoe |
| 1870 | Hawthornden | James Grimshaw | Jos Dawson |
| 1869 | Pero Gomez | John Wells | John Porter |
| 1868 | Formosa | Tom Chaloner | Henry Woolcott |
| 1867 | Achievement | Tom Chaloner | James Dover |
| 1866 | Lord Lyon | Harry Custance | James Dover |
| 1865 | Gladiateur | Harry Grimshaw | Tom Jennings, Sr. |
| 1864 | Blair Athol | Jim Snowden | William I'Anson |
| 1863 | Lord Clifden | John Osborne, Jr. | E. Parr |
| 1862 | The Marquis | Tom Chaloner | John Scott |
| 1861 | Caller Ou | Tom Chaloner | William I'Anson |
| 1860 | St. Albans | Luke Snowden | Alec Taylor, Sr. |
| 1859 | Gamester | Tom Aldcroft | John Scott |
| 1858 | Sunbeam | Luke Snowden | John Prince |
| 1857 | Imperieuse | Nat Flatman | John Scott |
| 1856 | Warlock | Nat Flatman | John Scott |
| 1855 | Saucebox | John Wells | Tom Parr |
| 1854 | Knight of St. George | Robert Basham | R. Longstaff |
| 1853 | West Australian | Frank Butler | John Scott |
| 1852 | Stockwell | John Norman | W. Harlock |
| 1851 | Newminster | Sim Templeman | John Scott |
| 1850 | Voltigeur | Job Marson | R. Hill |
| 1849 | The Flying Dutchman | Charlie Marlow | John Fobert |
| 1848 | Surplice | Nat Flatman | R. Stephenson, Jr. |
| 1847 | Van Tromp | Job Marson | John Fobert |
| 1846 | Sir Tatton Sykes | Bill Scott | W. Oates |
| 1845 | The Baron | Frank Butler | John Scott |
| 1844 | Faugh-a-Ballagh | Henry Bell | J. Forth |
| 1843 | Nutwith | Job Marson | Bob Johnson |
| 1842 | Blue Bonnet | Tommy Lye | Tom Dawson |
| 1841 | Satirist | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1840 | Launcelot | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1839 | Charles the Twelfth | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1838 | Don John | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1837 | Mango | Sam Day, Jr. | M. Dilly |
| 1836 | Elis | John Barham Day | J. Doe |
| 1835 | Queen of Trumps | Tommy Lye | J. Blenkhorn |
| 1834 | Touchstone | George Calloway | John Scott |
| 1833 | Rockingham | Sam Darling | Richard Shepherd |
| 1832 | Margrave | Jem Robinson | John Scott |
| 1831 | Chorister | John Barham Day | John Smith |
| 1830 | Birmingham | Patrick Conolly | T. Flintoff |
| 1829 | Rowton | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1828 | The Colonel | Bill Scott | John Scott |
| 1827 | Matilda | Jem Robinson | John Scott |
| 1826 | Tarrare | George Nelson | Sam King |
| 1825 | Memnon | Bill Scott | Richard Shepherd |
| 1824 | Jerry | Ben Smith | James Croft |
| 1823 | Barefoot | Tom Goodisson | Richard Shepherd |
| 1822 | Theodore | John Jackson | James Croft |
| 1821 | Jack Spigot | Bill Scott | I. Blades |
| 1820 | St. Patrick | J. Johnson | John Lonsdale |
| 1819 | Antonio | Tom Nicholson | John Lonsdale |
| 1818 | Reveller | Bob Johnson | John Lonsdale |
| 1817 | Ebor | Bob Johnson | John Lonsdale |
| 1816 | The Duchess | Ben Smith | James Croft |
| 1815 | Filho da Puta | John Jackson | James Croft |
| 1814 | William | John Shepherd | William Theakston |
| 1813 | Altisidora | John Jackson | Tommy Sykes |
| 1812 | Ottrington | Bob Johnson | W. Hessletine |
| 1811 | Soothsayer | Ben Smith | Tommy Sykes |
| 1810 | Octavian | Bill Clift | |
| 1809 | Ashton | Ben Smith | William Theakston |
| 1808 | Petronius | Ben Smith | William Theakston |
| 1807 | Paulina | Bill Clift | Christopher Scaife |
| 1806 | Fyldener | Tom Carr | |
| 1805 | Staveley | John Jackson | Bartle Atkinson |
| 1804 | Sancho | Frank Buckle | Bartle Atkinson |
| 1803 | Remembrancer | Ben Smith | J. Smith |
| 1802 | Orville | John Singleton, Jr. | Christopher Scaife |
| 1801 | Quiz | John Shepherd | George Searle |
| 1800 | Champion | Frank Buckle | Tom Perren |
| 1799 | Cockfighter | Tom Fields | Tom Fields |
| 1798 | Symmetry | John Jackson | Sam King |
| 1797 | Lounger | John Shepherd | George Searle |
| 1796 | Ambrosio | John Jackson | F. Neale |
| 1795 | Hambletonian | Dixon Boyce | John Hutchinson |
| 1794 | Beningbrough | John Jackson | John Hutchinson |
| 1793 | Ninety-three | Bill Peirse | |
| 1792 | Tartar | John Mangle | John Mangle |
| 1791 | Young Traveller | John Jackson | John Hutchinson |
| 1790 | Ambidexter | George Searle | George Searle |
| 1789 | Pewett | W. Wilson | Christopher Scaife |
| 1788 | Young Flora | John Mangle | John Mangle |
| 1787 | Spadille | John Mangle | John Mangle |
| 1786 | Paragon | John Mangle | John Mangle |
| 1785 | Cowslip | George Searle | George Searle |
| 1784 | Omphale | J. Kirton | M. Mason |
| 1783 | Phoenomenon | Anthony Hall | Isaac Cape |
| 1782 | Imperatrix | George Searle | George Searle |
| 1781 | Serina | R. Foster | J. Lowther |
| 1780 | Ruler | John Mangle | |
| 1779 | Tommy | George Lowry, Sr. | Joseph Rose |
| 1778 | Hollandaise | George Herring | Joseph Rose |
| 1777 | Bourbon | John Cade | |
| 1776 | Allabaculia | John Singleton | Christopher Scaife |
