VRC St Leger Cummings set the record for most victories by a trainer when he won the race for the seventh time. † Dead heat The VRC St. Leger is one of a number of similar events around the world, although many are no longer restricted to three-year-olds. European variations include the Irish St. Leger, the Prix Royal-Oak, the Deutsches St. Leger and the St. Leger Italiano. Other national equivalents include the Kikuka Shō, the New Zealand St. Leger and the English St. Leger Stakes held at Doncaster. VRC St Leger The VRC St Leger is a Listed Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds,
Stratford Edward St Leger his compass and the stars for direction. The party marched only at night, lying up during the day. Eventually they reached safety in the Belgian lines at Oudenarde and returned to England. St. Leger was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and at the end of the war the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, and was posted as Assistant Adjutant General at the War Office. He retired in 1922 and was gazetted full colonel two years later. St. Leger died at Hove in Sussex on 12 October 1935. Stratford Edward St Leger Colonel Stratford Edward St