A commentary on the race by Richard North with a race-reader
J. L. Topham
The start described by Victor Smythe , with a race-reader from Town Moor Racecourse,
Doncaster
See the plan on page 41
As the world has been told many times before, in the Radio Times and elsewhere, the St. Leger, which nowadays attracts a quarter of a million people to Doncaster every year, originated in a modest sweep-stake of twenty-five guineas proposed by a Colonel Anthony St. Leger in 1776. Only six entrants lined up for the original race, which was quite a minor feature of the usual September Doncaster meeting. The race was not given its present name until 1778.
The St. Leger is the last of the five ' classic ' races of the year, all limited to three-year-olds. It is open to both colts and fillies.