AJC St Leger

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St Leger Stakes (ATC)
File:PETER PAN lll 1933 AJC ST LEGER JIM PIKE.JPG
1933 winner – Peter Pan
ClassGroup 3
LocationRandwick Racecourse,
Sydney
Inaugurated1841
Race typeThoroughbred – flat
SponsorThe Star (2024)
Race information
Distance2,600 metres (~1 5/8 miles)
Surfaceturf
Trackright-handed
Qualificationthree years and older
Weightset weights with penalties
PurseA$500,000 (2024)

The AJC St Leger is an historical Australian Turf Club Thoroughbred horse race run over 2,600 metres (~1 5/8 miles) at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, run under set weights with penalties for stayers three years and older.

History

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File:Poseidon 1906 VRC Melbourne Cup Owner Sir Hugh Denison Randwick Trainer Isaac Earnshaw.jpg
1907 winner – Poseidon
File:Phar Lap.jpg
1930 winner – Phar Lap & Jim Pike
File:Gold Rod 1936 VRC Sires Produce Stakes Flemington Racecourse Jockey Jack Pratt Trainer George Price.jpg
1937 winner – Gold Rod
File:LUCRATIVE 1940 VRC DERBY MAURICE McCARTEN.JPG
1941 winner – Lucrative

The AJC St Leger is the oldest classic race in Australia derived from the English race, first run in 1841 as a 3-year-old (3YO) event over 1½ miles at Homebush, Sydney and continued at the new Randwick Racecourse in 1861. Not run in 1854 & 1860 nor 1960–1979, or 2002–2016.[1]

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, first run at Doncaster Racecourse in Northern England in 1776.[2]

The race ended in 2001 and reappeared as the St Leger Stakes (ATC) in late 2017 with the expanded 15 million Everest carnival in October and since being reinstated has not received graded status until 2024.[3]

Winners include Sky Heights (2001), Tie The Knot (2000), Linesman (1996), Castletown (1991), Tawrrific (1989), Beau Zam (1988), Handy Proverb (1986), Gurner's Lane (1982),Tulloch (1958), Sailor's Guide (1956), Hydrogen (1952), Playboy (1950), Carbon Copy (1949), Gold Rod (1937), Peter Pan (1933), Phar Lap (1930), Limerick (1927), Windbag (1925), Prince Foote (1910), Poseidon (1907) and Newhaven (1897).[4]

Distance

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  • 1841–1859 – 11⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1861–1959 – 13⁄4 miles (~2800 metres)
  • 1980–2000 – 2800 metres
  • 2001 onwards – 2600 metres (~1 5/8 miles)

Grade

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  • 1841–1979 – Principal race
  • 1980–2001 – Group 2
  • 2018–2023 – Non graded
  • 2024 onwards – Group 3

1930, 1932, and 1933 racebooks

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Winners

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  • 2025 – Travolta[5]
  • 2024 – Athabascan[6]
  • 2023 – Land Legend[7]
  • 2022 – Stockman[8]
  • 2021 – Warning[9]
  • 2020 – Fun Fact[10]
  • 2019 – Hush Writer[11]
  • 2018 – Big Blue[12]
  • 2017 – Big Duke[13]
  • 2002–2016 – Race not held
  • 2001 – Sky Heights
  • 2000 – Tie The Knot
  • 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 – Beau Zam
  • 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 – Sailor's Guide
  • 1955 – Pride Of Egypt
  • 1954 – Monarch
  • 1953 – Sea Sovereign
  • 1952 – Hydrogen
  • 1951 – Aristocrat
  • 1950 – Playboy
  • 1949 – Carbon Copy
  • 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 – Peter Pan
  • 1932 – Middle Watch
  • 1931 – Veilmond
  • 1930 – Phar Lap
  • 1929 – Strephon
  • 1928 – Winalot
  • 1927 – Limerick
  • 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 – Poseidon
  • 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

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