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
American St. Leger Stakes American St. Leger Stakes The American St. Leger Stakes is a Grade 3 flat horse race in the United States for thoroughbreds three-year-old and older. It is run over a distance of . Held annually in mid August, it is held on the same racecard as the Arlington Million, Beverly D. Stakes and Secretariat Stakes and on the same turf course at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights, Illinois. The race was upgraded to Grade 3 status in 2015. It was dropped from Arlington Park's calendar in 2018 with no immediate indication of whether it would be returning in any future year.