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	Barry St. Leger - Encyclopedia.com
		Leger's force, composed mostly of Native Americans and Tories, was intended to come down the valley to meet General Burgoyne at Albany.
		Leger laid siege to Fort Stanwix (Fort Schuyler), where Continental troops barred his way to Albany; meanwhile a relief force led by Nicholas Herkimer was ambushed at Oriskany Creek.
		However, when St. Leger's Native American allies heard that a Continental force under Benedict Arnold was moving to relieve Fort Stanwix, they deserted the British, and St. Leger was forced to make a retreat to Canada.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-StLeger.html (483 words)

	St. Leger Stakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leger Stakes is a 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards (2937 m) thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds colts and fillies run in September of each year at Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.
		The event was organised by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (a prominent politician and former Prime Minister) and was the idea of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony St Leger (a former MP).
		Local legend suggests that Anthony St Leger may have staged a fore-runner of the 1776 race at his private racecourse in Firbeck, eight miles (13 km) south of Doncaster.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Leger_Stakes (365 words)

	Belmont Stakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious horse race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
		It is a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old colts and geldings carrying a weight of 126 pounds (57 kg) and for fillies with a weight of 121 pounds (55 kg).
		The first Belmont Stakes was held at Jerome Park in the Bronx, built in 1866 by stock market speculator Leonard Jerome (1817-1891) and financed by August Belmont, Sr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belmont_Stakes (593 words)

	St. Leger Stakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Leger Stakes is a 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards (about 2940 metres) thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds run in of each year at Doncaster Yorkshire England.
		The event was organised by Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (a prominent politician and former Prime Minister) and was the idea of Lieutenant Anthony St Leger (a former MP).
		Local legend suggests that Anthony St Leger have staged a fore-runner of the 1776 at his private racecourse in Firbeck eight south of Doncaster.
	www.freeglossary.com /St._Leger_Stakes (359 words)

	BBC - South Yorkshire Sport - History of the St Leger
		Today's St Leger is run over 1m 6f and 132 yards, which although shorter than the original distance, is still the longest of the English Classics.
		Indeed, it is the distance of the St Leger that has led many pundits to question its value in recent times, with the focus of racing now firmly switched to the 'glamour' events, which range from a mile to a mile-and-a-half.
		The St Leger has been cancelled only once in its 227-year history - in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War - although it was moved to Ayr in 1989 because of subsidence at Doncaster.
	www.bbc.co.uk /southyorkshire/sport/st_leger_2003/history/index.shtml (401 words)

	St. Leger Stakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leger Stakes is a 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards (about 2940 metres) thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds run in September of each year at Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.
		A sweepstake of 25 guineas was held over two miles on Cantley Common (two miles east of the current racecourse), on 24th September 1776.
		Local legend suggests that Anthony St Leger may have staged a fore-runner of the 1776 race at his private racecourse in Firbeck, eight miles south of Doncaster.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /St._Leger_Stakes (315 words)

	Guardian Unlimited: Sport blog: St Leger classic case of a product well past its sell-by date
		September 4, 2006 10:48 AM As an illustration of the fault-line where the rich racing tradition of the St Leger Stakes meets modern commercial reality, the will-he-won't-he story of Youmzain, second-favourite for the Classic until a couple of days ago, is hard to beat.
		Now that the Irish Champion Stakes has taken up residence at Leopardstown on the same afternoon - just the sort of race, incidentally, that commercially minded owners of Derby winners would want to run their horse in - the Leger is not even the best race of the day.
		The St Leger was a race of its time, which served its purpose admirably for more than two centuries when British racing was a more limited and insular business, conducted in the main by aristocrats, landowners and small-scale owner-breeders.
	blogs.guardian.co.uk /sport/2006/09/04/st_leger_classic_case_of_a_pro.html (1109 words)

	Leger — Infoplease.com
		Leger Stakes (Doncaster): so called from Colonel Anthony St.
		The St. Leger Stakes are for both colts and mares.
		Leger - Leger St. Leger Stakes (Doncaster): so called from Colonel Anthony St. Leger, who founded them in...
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/brewers/leger.html (146 words)

	St Leger Festival - 2005 - Corporate Hospitality at Doncaster Racecourse
		The St Leger Stakes which was first run in 1776, making it the oldest classic in the world.
		The St Leger Festival is acclaimed as the premier sporting occasion of the Autumn calendar, an exciting spectacle which is also an important social event - a place to see and be seen.
		St Leger Stand Viewing Boxes are luxuriously appointed with private bar, close circuit TV and a two level viewing balcony, together with a dedicated waitress/barman for the day.
	www.hospitalityweb.com /events/facilitylist.asp?EventCode=HSF1301 (515 words)

	Keighley News
		Frankie Dettori holds claims aboard Godolphin's Guada-lajara in the Park Hill Stakes for fillies and mares, affectionately known as The Fillies St. Leger', at 2.40pm, while Frankie won't be far away on Sergeant Cecil in the Doncaster Cup, a target for the best stayers in the business over two and a quarter miles at 3.15pm.
		St Leger Day on Saturday is an afternoon to savour, with the first of seven races due off at 2.05pm.
		The Champagne Stakes at 2.35pm is a Group 2 seven furlongs contest for two-year-old colts and geldings, and Gerald Huffer's Cockney Rebel, earmarked for this after running second in the St Yearling Leger Stakes last month, should not be far away.
	www.keighleynews.co.uk /display.var.911957.0.0.php (532 words)

	Breeding: G1 Races
		The St Leger is the oldest classic race, dating back to 1776, making it three years older than the Oaks and four years older than the Derby.
		The race was inaugurated by Colonel Anthony St Leger, who went on to become Governor of St Lucia, and was originally run over a distance of two miles.
		In 2004 the St Leger was won for Godolphin by Rule Of Law, under a beautifully-judged ride from young Australian Kerrin McEvoy.
	www.britishhorseracing.com /owning_breeding/breeding/g1/raceInfo.asp?group1Key=114&type=history (131 words)

	Early Studbook Q R
		His sire Orville won the St. Leger Stakes and was a Champion Sire in 1817 and 1823.
		As a two-year old he won the Railway, Trial and Merchants Stakes; at three he won the Kentucky Derby, Clark Stakes, Fairview, Pelham Bay and Speculation Handicaps; and at four he won the Brooklyn, Monmouth, and Coney Island Cups, the Montgomery Stakes, and the Bay Ridge, Free, and Shrewsbury Handicaps.
		He won the St. Leger Stakes, Doncaster and Goodwood Cups, and was second in the Ascot Gold Cup.
	www.bloodlines.net /TB/Studbook/EarlyQR.htm (1011 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Leger. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Leger Stakes (Doncaster): so called from Colonel Anthony St. Leger, who founded them in 1776.
		colonel was governor of St. Lucia, and cousin of the Hon.
		The St. Leger Stakes are for both colts and mares.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/81/10088.html (88 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Leger.
		Leger Stakes (Doncaster): so called from Colonel Anthony St. Leger, who founded them in 1776.
		The St. Leger Stakes are for both colts and mares.
		Those which have run in the Derby or Oaks are eligible.
	www.bartleby.com /81/10088.html (88 words)

	Cervantes Thoroughbred (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Half brother to ORVILLE (b c 1799 BENINGBROUGH)[who was a winner of the St.Leger Stakes 2932m].
		EVELINA, the dam of CERVANTES was half sister to: PEWETT (b f 1786 TANDEM)[and she too was a winner of the St.Leger Stakes 2932m].
		PEWETT was inturn the dam of another St.Leger Stakes winner in the race filly: PAULINA (b f 1804 SIR PETER{TEAZDALE}).
	www.allbreedpedigree.com /cervantes (60 words)

	"All I can say is wow..." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The race is named after a local sportsman, Anthony St Leger, who lived at Park Hill near Doncaster, England, and had the idea of a race for three-year-olds, colts carrying 8st and fillies 7st 12lbs over two miles.
		The race did not have a title in 1778, when Rockingham proposed that it should carry St Leger's name, and it was in the same year that the event moved to its present site on Doncaster's Town Moor, with the first two runnings having been staged at nearby Cantley Common.
		The 1939 race was the only St Leger not run while the 1989 running, held at Ayr, was the only other non-Doncaster renewal when the ground was deemed to be unfit on Town Moor.
	www.godolphin.com /big_race_focus6.asp (797 words)

	About Major General Anthony St Leger
		Anthony St Leger was born in Kildare, Ireland on 28th February, 1731, fourth son of Sir John St. Leger and Levina Pennefather.
		In 1761, St Leger married Margaret Wombwell, daughter of William Wombwell and Margaret Standish.
		In 1779, St Leger re-entered the army as Colonel of the 86th Regiment of Foot.
	www.rotherhamweb.co.uk /h/stleger.htm (529 words)

	Tree Stakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Preakness Stakes 1: The '''Preakness Stakes ''' is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1.91 km) thorough 3:.) It is followed by the third leg, the Belmont Stakes.
		It is a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) thoroughbred horse 4: The first Belmont Stakes was held at Jerome Park in the Bronx, built i 10: ian, winner of the third running of the Belmont Stakes in 1869.
		Messenger Stakes 1: The '''Messenger Stakes ''' is an United StatesAmerican harness rac 3: y until it closed down.
	www.elusiveeye.com /side5026-tree-stakes.html (568 words)

	York Racecourse -Latest News -Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Mallard in the race title refers to the locomotive built at the railway workshops in Doncaster and which established a world speed record for a steam locomotive in July 1938 and provides a further link to York as it is now part of the collection at the National.
		This contest over the St Leger trip was won last year by the French-trained mare, Sweet Stream and is supported by reguslr sponsors at York, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing.
		Last year's winner was Millenary, a former St. Leger hero and winner of the 2005 Weatherbys Insurance Lonsdale Cup at York.
	www.yorkracecourse.co.uk /morenews.asp?id=138 (1039 words)

	St Leger History and Previous Winners
		The St. Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards (2,937 metres) at Doncaster Racecourse in September.
		First held in 1776, it is known as "the oldest classic turf race", having eclipsed the even older Doncaster Cup as the most important race run at the course.
		It is one of five classic races in the UK, and also the final leg of both the colts' and fillies' Triple Crowns.
	www.napit.co.uk /viewus/infobank/horse_races/g1_flat_races_uk/st_leger_stakes.php (88 words)

	£300,000 St. Leger Yearling Stakes Moves To York (5/1)
		The £300,000 St. Leger Yearling Stakes was run on the final day of York's prestigious Ebor Meeting for the first time in 2006 as there was no racing at Doncaster due to the Racecourse's redevelopment with the second race, the DBS St. Leger Yearling Stakes, on the following day at Newmarket.
		Another knock on of no St. Leger Festival at Doncaster was that the DBS St. Leger Yearling Sales moved to an earlier date at the end of August.
		The DBS St. Leger Yearling Sales was so successful in it's new slot that it has been moved permanently to the end of August and will be held on 28, 29 and 30 August 2007.
	www.dbsauctions.com /dbs/DBS.nsf/PageURL/9A257970550274288025725A0042BC74?OpenDocument (756 words)

	The St. Leger with Nijinsky and Lester Piggott - a picture by Sue Wingate
		As the St. Leger Stakes is the oldest classic horse race in the world, I felt it important to reflect its history in the painting.
		This impressive roll-call consists of horses which were outstanding performers of their generation and who won other top class races apart from the St. Leger.
		At his best he was quite simply all that one could dream a racehorse should be and I was delighted to have the opportunity to pay him some small homage.
	www.field-galleries.co.uk /stleger.htm (283 words)

	Georgian Index - Horse Races and courses
		The St Leger The world's oldest, and fifth and final Classic of the British Flat racing season, the others being the Derby, Oaks, the 2000 guinea, and the 1000 guinea.
		Century the St. Leger was the most successful of the race meetings.
		Held at Doncaster in September, the St Leger is the culmination of a top-class four-day meeting.
	www.georgiantimes.homestead.com /files/sport/horse/races.html (1255 words)

	Notes on Thoroughbred Racing
		Stakes quality horses often race in allowance races as tune ups between more important races.
		Stakes races are the important races owners and trainers aim to win.
		the term stakes producing refers to a mare whose offspring have won stakes races.
	www.spiletta.com /UTHOF/hippology/racbasic.html (1744 words)

	Horse Racing: Rule of Law is St Leger Favourite
		There were 13 left in at yesterday's five-day declaration stage for the St Leger at Doncaster, but that number could be reduced to single figures by Saturday.
		The colt, who was offered at double figures for the St Leger before his impressive win over Let The Lion Roar in the Great Voltigeur Stakes at York last month, pleased trainer Saeed bin Suroor in his final piece of work at Newmarket yesterday morning when ridden by his big-race partner, the Australian Kerrin McEvoy.
		The half-brother to the 1994 St Leger winner Moonax is now with Arslangirey Shavuyev having been previously trained by Mark Johnston.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/9-6-2004-58994.asp (684 words)

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