St Leger Stakes St Leger Stakes 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. Established in 1776, the St Leger is the oldest of Britain's five Classics. It is the last of the five to be run each year, and its distance is longer than any of the other four. The St Leger is the final leg of the English Triple
St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile (born St Leger Aldworth; died 15 May 1787), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. He was the son of Richard Aldworth and the Hon. Elizabeth St Leger. Through his mother, he was a grandson of Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile. He was given the name of St Leger Aldworth at birth, but he legally changed his surname to St Leger on 9 May 1767, when he succeeded to the Doneraile estates upon the death of his uncle, Hayes St Leger, 4th Viscount Doneraile (1702–1767). Like