Jerry (St Leger winner) (Oaks). Gascoigne sent his colt into training with James Croft at East Wilton near Middleham. Jerry did not run as a two-year-old and began his racing career on 22 April 1824 at Catterick Bridge Racecourse in Yorkshire. He started at odds of 2/1 for the two mile race and finished second of the five runners behind Lord Sligo's colt Canteen. Jerry next appeared at York Racecourse on 24 May when he contested a "St Leger Stakes". The success of the St Leger at Doncaster had led other major courses, including York and Newmarket to use the name for their own
Will St Leger Will St Leger Will St Leger is a street artist/artivist, Radio DJ and Gay Rights activist living in Dublin, Ireland. A former Greenpeace activist St Leger as been involved in activism for many years. In 2009, St Leger co founded an LGBT direct action group, 'Equals'. - On 25 June 2009 the group staged a direct action at entrance of the Dáil (Irish Parliament) in Dublin. The group demonstrated their discontent with what they see as the inequality in the Civil Partnerships Bill 2009, by chaining themselves to the gates of the building. St Leger climbed onto the pillars of