Race series · Doncaster · Group 1
St Leger Stakes
1m6½f · September
Race essentials
CourseDoncaster, 1m6½f
WhenSeptember
StatusGroup 1
Field9.1 runners avg
Avg Winning SP6.0/1
Avg Field Size9.1
Renewals225
Roll of honourSP at the off
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey | SP | Runners | Going |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Scandinavia | A P O'Brien | Tom Marquand | 2/1F | 7 | Soft |
| 2024 | Jan Brueghel | A P O'Brien | Sean Levey | 11/4J | 7 | Good |
| 2023 | Continuous | A P O'Brien | Ryan Moore | 3/1 | 9 | Soft |
| 2022 | Eldar Eldarov | Roger Varian | David Egan | 9/2 | 9 | Good To Soft |
| 2021 | Hurricane Lane | Charlie Appleby | William Buick | 8/11F | 10 | Good To Soft |
| 2020 | Galileo Chrome | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | Tom Marquand | 4/1 | 11 | Good |
| 2019 | Logician | John Gosden | Frankie Dettori | 5/6F | 8 | Good To Firm |
| 2018 | Kew Gardens | A P O'Brien | Ryan Moore | 3/1 | 12 | Good |
| 2017 | Capri | A P O'Brien | Ryan Moore | 3/1F | 11 | Good To Soft |
| 2016 | Harbour Law | Laura Mongan | George Baker | 22/1 | 9 | Good |
| 2015 | Simple Verse | Ralph Beckett | Andrea Atzeni | 8/1 | 7 | Good |
| 2014 | Kingston Hill | Roger Varian | Andrea Atzeni | 9/4F | 12 | Good |
Historical Roll of Honour
pre-database records — not included in trends
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Reference Point | Henry Cecil | Steve Cauthen |
| 1985 | Oh So Sharp | Henry Cecil | Steve Cauthen |
| 1984 | Commanche Run | Luca Cumani | Lester Piggott |
| 1983 | Sun Princess | Dick Hern | Willie Carson |
| 1982 | Touching Wood | Harry Thomson Jones | Paul Cook |
| 1981 | Cut Above | Dick Hern | Joe Mercer |
| 1980 | Light Cavalry | Henry Cecil | Joe Mercer |
| 1979 | Son of Love | Robert Collet | Alain Lequeux |
| 1978 | Julio Mariner | Clive Brittain | Edward Hide |
| 1977 | Dunfermline | Dick Hern | Willie Carson |
| 1976 | Crow | Angel Penna | Yves Saint-Martin |
| 1975 | Bruni | Ryan Price | Tony Murray |
| 1974 | Bustino | Dick Hern | Joe Mercer |
| 1973 | Peleid | Bill Elsey | Frankie Durr |
| 1972 | Boucher | Vincent O'Brien | Lester Piggott |
| 1971 | Athens Wood | Harry Thomson Jones | Lester Piggott |
| 1970 | Nijinsky | Vincent O'Brien | Lester Piggott |
| 1969 | Intermezzo | Harry Wragg | Ron Hutchinson |
| 1968 | Ribero | Fulke Johnson Houghton | Lester Piggott |
| 1967 | Ribocco | Fulke Johnson Houghton | Lester Piggott |
| 1966 | Sodium | George Todd | Frankie Durr |
| 1965 | Provoke | Dick Hern | Joe Mercer |
| 1964 | Indiana | Jack Watts | Jimmy Lindley |
| 1963 | Ragusa | Paddy Prendergast | Garnie Bougoure |
| 1962 | Hethersett | Dick Hern | Harry Carr |
| 1961 | Aurelius | Noel Murless | Lester Piggott |
| 1960 | St. Paddy | Noel Murless | Lester Piggott |
| 1959 | Cantelo | Charles Elsey | Edward Hide |
| 1958 | Alcide | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Harry Carr |
| 1957 | Ballymoss | Vincent O'Brien | T. P. Burns |
| 1956 | Cambremer | Georges Bridgland | Freddie Palmer |
| 1955 | Meld | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Harry Carr |
| 1954 | Never Say Die | Joseph Lawson | Charlie Smirke |
| 1953 | Premonition | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Eph Smith |
| 1952 | Tulyar | Marcus Marsh | Charlie Smirke |
| 1951 | Talma | Charles Semblat | Rae Johnstone |
| 1950 | Scratch | Charles Semblat | Rae Johnstone |
| 1949 | Ridge Wood | Noel Murless | Michael Beary |
| 1948 | Black Tarquin | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Edgar Britt |
| 1947 | Sayajirao | Sam Armstrong | Edgar Britt |
| 1946 | Airborne | Dick Perryman | Tommy Lowrey |
| 1945 | Chamossaire | Dick Perryman | Tommy Lowrey |
| 1944 | Tehran | Frank Butters | Gordon Richards |
| 1943 | Herringbone | Walter Earl | Harry Wragg |
| 1942 | Sun Chariot | Fred Darling | Gordon Richards |
| 1941 | Sun Castle | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Georges Bridgland |
| 1940 | Turkhan | Frank Butters | Gordon Richards |
| 1938 | Scottish Union | Noel Cannon | Brownie Carslake |
| 1937 | Chulmleigh | Thomas Hogg | Gordon Richards |
| 1936 | Boswell | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Pat Beasley |
| 1935 | Bahram | Frank Butters | Charlie Smirke |
| 1934 | Windsor Lad | Marcus Marsh | Charlie Smirke |
| 1933 | Hyperion | George Lambton | Tommy Weston |
| 1932 | Firdaussi | Frank Butters | Freddie Fox |
| 1931 | Sandwich | Jack Jarvis | Harry Wragg |
| 1930 | Singapore | Thomas Hogg | Gordon Richards |
| 1929 | Trigo | Dick Dawson | Michael Beary |
| 1928 | Fairway | Frank Butters | Tommy Weston |
| 1927 | Book Law | Alec Taylor Jr. | Henri Jelliss |
| 1926 | Coronach | Fred Darling | Joe Childs |
| 1925 | Solario | Reginald Day | Joe Childs |
| 1924 | Salmon-Trout | Dick Dawson | Brownie Carslake |
| 1923 | Tranquil | Charles Morton | Tommy Weston |
| 1922 | Royal Lancer | Alf Sadler Jr. | Bobby Jones |
| 1921 | Polemarch | Tom Green | Joe Childs |
| 1920 | Caligula | Harvey Leader | Arthur Smith |
| 1919 | Keysoe | George Lambton | Brownie Carslake |
| 1918 | Gainsborough | Alec Taylor Jr. | Joe Childs |
| 1917 | Gay Crusader | Alec Taylor Jr. | Steve Donoghue |
| 1916 | Hurry On | Fred Darling | Charlie Childs |
| 1915 | Pommern | Charles Peck | Steve Donoghue |
| 1914 | Black Jester | Charles Morton | Walter Griggs |
| 1913 | Night Hawk | Jack Robinson | Elijah Wheatley |
| 1912 | Tracery | John Watson | George Bellhouse |
| 1911 | Prince Palatine | Henry Beardsley | Frank O'Neill |
| 1910 | Swynford | George Lambton | Frank Wootton |
| 1909 | Bayardo | Alec Taylor Jr. | Danny Maher |
| 1908 | Your Majesty | Charles Morton | Walter Griggs |
| 1907 | Wool Winder | Harry Enoch | Bill Halsey |
| 1906 | Troutbeck | Willie Waugh | Georges Stern |
| 1905 | Challacombe | Alec Taylor Jr. | Otto Madden |
| 1904 | Pretty Polly | Peter Gilpin | Willie Lane |
| 1903 | Rock Sand | George Blackwell | Danny Maher |
| 1902 | Sceptre | Bob Sievier | Frank Hardy |
| 1901 | Doricles | Alfred Hayhoe | Kempton Cannon |
| 1900 | Diamond Jubilee | Richard Marsh | Herbert Jones |
| 1899 | Flying Fox | John Porter | Morny Cannon |
| 1898 | Wildfowler | Sam Darling | Charles Wood |
| 1897 | Galtee More | Sam Darling | Charles Wood |
| 1896 | Persimmon | Richard Marsh | John Watts |
| 1895 | Sir Visto | Mathew Dawson | Sam Loates |
| 1894 | Throstle | John Porter | Morny Cannon |
| 1893 | Isinglass | James Jewitt | Tommy Loates |
| 1892 | La Fleche | John Porter | John Watts |
| 1891 | Common | John Porter | George Barrett |
| 1890 | Memoir | George Dawson | John Watts |
| 1889 | Donovan | George Dawson | Fred Barrett |
| 1888 | Seabreeze | James Jewitt | Jack Robinson |
| 1887 | Kilwarlin | James Jewitt | Jack Robinson |
| 1886 | Ormonde | John Porter | Fred Archer |
| 1885 | Melton | Mathew Dawson | Fred Archer |
| 1884 | The Lambkin | Mathew Dawson | John Watts |
| 1883 | Ossian | Richard Marsh | John Watts |
| 1882 | Dutch Oven | Mathew Dawson | Fred Archer |
| 1881 | Iroquois | Jacob Pincus | Fred Archer |
| 1880 | Robert the Devil | Charles Blanton | Tom Cannon Sr. |
| 1879 | Rayon d'Or | Tom Jennings | Jem Goater |
| 1878 | Jannette | Mathew Dawson | Fred Archer |
| 1877 | Silvio | Mathew Dawson | Fred Archer |
| 1876 | Petrarch | John Dawson | Jem Goater |
| 1875 | Craig Millar | Alec Taylor Sr. | Tom Chaloner |
| 1874 | Apology | William Osborne | John Osborne Jr. |
| 1873 | Marie Stuart | Robert Peck | Tom Osborne |
| 1872 | Wenlock | Tom Wadlow | Charlie Maidment |
| 1871 | Hannah | Joseph Hayhoe | Charlie Maidment |
| 1870 | Hawthornden | Joseph Dawson | Jemmy Grimshaw |
| 1869 | Pero Gomez | John Porter | John Wells |
| 1868 | Formosa | Henry Woolcott | Tom Chaloner |
| 1867 | Achievement | James Dover | Tom Chaloner |
| 1866 | Lord Lyon | James Dover | Harry Custance |
| 1865 | Gladiateur | Tom Jennings | Harry Grimshaw |
| 1864 | Blair Athol | William I'Anson | Jim Snowden |
| 1863 | Lord Clifden | Edwin Parr | John Osborne Jr. |
| 1862 | The Marquis | John Scott | Tom Chaloner |
| 1861 | Caller Ou | William I'Anson | Tom Chaloner |
| 1860 | St Albans | Alec Taylor Sr. | Luke Snowden |
| 1859 | Gamester | John Scott | Tom Aldcroft |
| 1858 | Sunbeam | John Prince | Luke Snowden |
| 1857 | Imperieuse | John Scott | Nat Flatman |
| 1856 | Warlock | John Scott | Nat Flatman |
| 1855 | Saucebox | Tom Parr | John Wells |
| 1854 | Knight of St George | R. Longstaff | Robert Basham |
| 1853 | West Australian | John Scott | Frank Butler |
| 1852 | Stockwell | William Harlock | John Norman |
| 1851 | Newminster | John Scott | Sim Templeman |
| 1850 | Voltigeur | Robert Hill | Job Marson |
| 1849 | The Flying Dutchman | John Fobert | Charles Marlow |
| 1848 | Surplice | Robert Stephenson Jr. | Nat Flatman |
| 1847 | Van Tromp | John Fobert | Job Marson |
| 1846 | Sir Tatton Sykes | William Oates | Bill Scott |
| 1845 | The Baron | John Scott | Frank Butler |
| 1844 | Faugh-a-Ballagh | John Forth | Henry Bell |
| 1843 | Nutwith | Bob Johnson | Job Marson |
| 1842 | Blue Bonnet | Tom Dawson | Tommy Lye |
| 1841 | Satirist | John Scott | Bill Scott |
| 1840 | Launcelot | John Scott | Bill Scott |
| 1839 | Charles the Twelfth | John Scott | Bill Scott |
| 1838 | Don John | John Scott | Bill Scott |
| 1837 | Mango | Montgomery Dilly | Sam Day Jr. |
| 1836 | Elis | John Doe | John Barham Day |
| 1835 | Queen of Trumps | John Blenkhorn | Tommy Lye |
| 1834 | Touchstone | John Scott | George Calloway |
| 1833 | Rockingham | Richard Shepherd | Sam Darling |
| 1832 | Margrave | John Scott | Jem Robinson |
| 1831 | Chorister | John Smith | John Barham Day |
| 1830 | Birmingham | Thomas Flintoff | Patrick Conolly |
| 1829 | Rowton | John Scott | Bill Scott |
| 1828 | The Colonel | John Scott | Bill Scott |
| 1827 | Matilda | John Scott | Jem Robinson |
| 1826 | Tarrare | Sam King | George Nelson |
| 1825 | Memnon | Richard Shepherd | Bill Scott |
| 1824 | Jerry | James Croft | Ben Smith |
| 1823 | Barefoot | Richard Shepherd | Tom Goodisson |
| 1822 | Theodore | James Croft | John Jackson |
| 1821 | Jack Spigot | Isaac Blades | Bill Scott |
| 1820 | St Patrick | John Lonsdale | Bob Johnson |
| 1819 | Antonio | John Lonsdale | Tom Nicholson |
| 1818 | Reveller | John Lonsdale | Bob Johnson |
| 1817 | Ebor | John Lonsdale | Bob Johnson |
| 1816 | The Duchess | James Croft | Ben Smith |
| 1815 | Filho da Puta | James Croft | John Jackson |
| 1814 | William | William Theakston | John Shepherd |
| 1813 | Altisidora | Tommy Sykes | John Jackson |
| 1812 | Otterington | W. Hessletine | Bob Johnson |
| 1811 | Soothsayer | Tommy Sykes | Ben Smith |
| 1810 | Octavian | Frank Jordan | Bill Clift |
| 1809 | Ashton | William Theakston | Ben Smith |
| 1808 | Petronius | William Theakston | Ben Smith |
| 1807 | Paulina | Christopher Scaife | Bill Clift |
| 1806 | Fyldener | — | Tom Carr |
| 1805 | Staveley | Bartle Atkinson | John Jackson |
| 1804 | Sancho | Bartle Atkinson | Frank Buckle |
| 1803 | Remembrancer | J. Smith | Ben Smith |
| 1802 | Orville | Christopher Scaife | John Singleton Jr. |
| 1801 | Quiz | George Searle | John Shepherd |
| 1800 | Champion | Tom Perren | Frank Buckle |