Portland Handicap during Doncaster's four-day St. Leger Festival, and it is currently staged on the final day, the same day as the St Leger Stakes. Most successful horse (3 wins): Leading jockey (5 wins): Leading trainer (5 wins): Portland Handicap The Portland Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 5 furlongs and 143 yards (1,137 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. The event was established in 1855, and for a period it was known as the
St. Leger family Jean St. Leger was a Benedictine and Abbot of the Abbey of St. Wandrille, France, during the 14th century. Bishop Thomas St. Leger 1240–1320 was the Archdeacon of Kells around 1275 and is said to have raised money for the Crusades. In 1377, Thomas St. Leger, (the second son of Sir Ralph St.Leger, of Ulcombe), who resided at Otterden, became owner of East Hall Manor in Murston. His daughter was Joane, who then married Henry Aucher, esquire of Newenden. Sir Thomas Saint Leger was a Knight of the Order of the Bath and Ambassador to France. He along with Louis