Anthony St Leger

Events

1

Episodes

2

Years

1776–1778

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Anthony St Leger, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. First St Leger Stakes

   1776–1778

   Role: Deviser of the event; army officer and politician living near Doncaster

   1. 124 September 1776 · Cantley Common, DoncasterFirst running at Cantley Common

      The race later called the St Leger Stakes was first run at Cantley Common on 24 September 1776, won by an unnamed filly owned by the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham.

   2. 21778 · Red Lion Inn, Market Place, DoncasterNaming as the St Leger Stakes

      In 1778, at a dinner at the Red Lion Inn in Doncaster's Market Place, the race received the title St Leger Stakes after the Marquess of Rockingham declined the honour.

Sources

1. St Leger Stakes Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24