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The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 115 yards (2,921 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
Coat of arms of one branch of the family: Azure fretty argent, a chief or. The St. Leger family is an old Anglo-Irish family with Norman roots. The surname is written and pronounced in several way including Sallinger or Sallenger (/ ˈ s ɛ l ɪ n dʒ ər / SEL-in-jər).
Quiz (1798–1826) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1801. Quiz was a durable, top-class performer, winning at least once a year in racing career which lasted seven seasons from August 1801 until April 1807.
Continuous gives trainer Aidan O'Brien a seventh St Leger win as he finishes ahead of Frankie Dettori's mount Arrest and the King's horse Desert Hero.
Charles Barter was the son of the Rev J T Barter of Bercham, Co Cork. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst , he began his military career with a commission in the 105th Foot in 1875. Later attending the Staff College, Camberley in 1883, he served in several military campaigns including the Fourth Ashanti War and the Tirah campaign .
Viscount Doneraile (/ ˈ d ʌ n ə r əl / [citation needed]) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for members of the St Leger family.. It was first created in 1703 for Arthur St Leger, along with the subsidiary title of Baron Kilmayden, also in the Peerage of Ireland.
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Smolensko was foaled in 1810 at Barton Hall near Bury St. Edmunds, the ancestral home of his breeder Charles Bunbury. [1] His sire, Sorcerer, was also bred by Bunbury and was a half-brother of the 1801 Derby winning mare Eleanor. Sorcerer was a large black horse that was a successful racer and sire.