St Leger Winners: 1900–1999
St Leger winners from 1900 to 1999, with jockey, trainer, owner, starting price, field size and winning time where available. The race is traditionally held at Doncaster; exceptional venues and unusual renewals are identified in the Notes column.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | SP | Runners | Winning time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mutafaweq | Richard Hills | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 11/2 | 9 | 3:02.75 | |
| 1998 | Nedawi | John Reid | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 5/2F | 9 | 3:05.61 | |
| 1997 | Silver Patriarch | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | Peter Winfield | 5/4F | 10 | 3:06.92 | |
| 1996 | Shantou | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Sheikh Mohammed | 8/1 | 11 | 3:05.10 | |
| 1995 | Classic Cliche | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 100/30F | 10 | 3:09.74 | |
| 1994 | Moonax | Pat Eddery | Barry Hills | Sheikh Mohammed | 40/1 | 8 | 3:04.19 | |
| 1993 | Bob’s Return | Philip Robinson | Mark Tompkins | Jackie Smith | 3/1F | 9 | 3:07.85 | |
| 1992 | User Friendly | George Duffield | Clive Brittain | Bill Gredley | 7/4F | 7 | 3:05.48 | |
| 1991 | Toulon | Pat Eddery | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah | 5/2F | 10 | 3:03.12 | |
| 1990 | Snurge | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | Martyn Arbib | 7/2 | 8 | 3:08.78 | |
| 1989 | Michelozzo | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Charles St George | 6/4F | 8 | 3:20.72 | Run at Ayr after Doncaster was abandoned because of subsidence. |
| 1988 | Minster Son | Willie Carson | Neil Graham | Lady Beaverbrook | 15/2 | 6 | 3:06.80 | |
| 1987 | Reference Point | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Louis Freedman | 4/11F | 7 | 3:05.91 | |
| 1986 | Moon Madness | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | Duchess of Norfolk | 9/2 | 8 | 3:05.03 | |
| 1985 | Oh So Sharp | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Sheikh Mohammed | 8/11F | 6 | 3:07.13 | |
| 1984 | Commanche Run | Lester Piggott | Luca Cumani | Ivan Allan | 7/4F | 11 | 3:09.93 | |
| 1983 | Sun Princess | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Sir Michael Sobell | 11/8F | 10 | 3:16.65 | |
| 1982 | Touching Wood | Paul Cook | Harry Thomson Jones | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 7/1 | 15 | 3:03.53 | |
| 1981 | Cut Above | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern | Sir Jakie Astor | 28/1 | 7 | 3:11.60 | |
| 1980 | Light Cavalry | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil | Jim Joel | 3/1 | 7 | 3:11.48 | |
| 1979 | Son of Love | Alain Lequeux | Robert Collet | Alexis Rolland | 20/1 | 17 | 3:09.02 | |
| 1978 | Julio Mariner | Edward Hide | Clive Brittain | Marcos Lemos | 28/1 | 14 | 3:04.94 | |
| 1977 | Dunfermline | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Queen Elizabeth II | 10/1 | 13 | 3:05.17 | |
| 1976 | Crow | Yves Saint-Martin | Angel Penna | Daniel Wildenstein | 6/1CF | 15 | 3:13.17 | |
| 1975 | Bruni | Tony Murray | Ryan Price | Charles St George | 9/1 | 12 | 3:05.31 | |
| 1974 | Bustino | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern | Lady Beaverbrook | 11/10F | 10 | 3:09.02 | |
| 1973 | Peleid | Frankie Durr | Bill Elsey | William Behrens | 28/1 | 13 | 3:08.21 | |
| 1972 | Boucher | Lester Piggott | Vincent O’Brien | Ogden Phipps | 3/1 | 7 | 3:28.71 | |
| 1971 | Athens Wood | Lester Piggott | Harry Thomson Jones | Eileen Rogerson | 5/2 | 8 | 3:14.90 | |
| 1970 | Nijinsky | Lester Piggott | Vincent O’Brien | Charles Engelhard | 2/7F | 9 | 3:06.40 | |
| 1969 | Intermezzo | Ron Hutchinson | Harry Wragg | Gerry Oldham | 7/1 | 11 | 3:11.80 | |
| 1968 | Ribero | Lester Piggott | Fulke Johnson Houghton | Charles Engelhard | 100/30 | 8 | 3:19.80 | |
| 1967 | Ribocco | Lester Piggott | Fulke Johnson Houghton | Charles Engelhard | 7/2 | 9 | 3:05.40 | |
| 1966 | Sodium | Frankie Durr | George Todd | Radha Sigtia | 7/1 | 9 | 3:09.80 | |
| 1965 | Provoke | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern | Jakie Astor | 28/1 | 11 | 3:18.60 | |
| 1964 | Indiana | Jimmy Lindley | Jack Watts | Charles Engelhard | 100/7 | 15 | 3:05.00 | |
| 1963 | Ragusa | Garnie Bougoure | Paddy Prendergast | Jim Mullion | 2/5F | 7 | 3:05.40 | |
| 1962 | Hethersett | Harry Carr | Dick Hern | Lionel Holliday | 100/8 | 15 | 3:10.80 | |
| 1961 | Aurelius | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | Vera Lilley | 9/2 | 13 | 3:06.60 | |
| 1960 | St. Paddy | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | Sir Victor Sassoon | 4/6F | 9 | 3:13.20 | |
| 1959 | Cantelo | Edward Hide | Charles Elsey | William Hill | 100/7 | 11 | 3:04.60 | |
| 1958 | Alcide | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Sir Humphrey de Trafford | 4/9F | 8 | 3:06.40 | |
| 1957 | Ballymoss | T. P. Burns | Vincent O’Brien | John McShain | 8/1 | 16 | 3:15.60 | |
| 1956 | Cambremer | Freddie Palmer | Georges Bridgland | Ralph Strassburger | 8/1 | 13 | 3:12.20 | |
| 1955 | Meld | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Lady Zia Wernher | 10/11F | 8 | 3:14.60 | |
| 1954 | Never Say Die | Charlie Smirke | Joseph Lawson | Robert Sterling Clark | 100/30 | 16 | 3:10.60 | |
| 1953 | Premonition | Eph Smith | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Wilfrid Wyatt | 10/1 | 11 | 3:06.80 | |
| 1952 | Tulyar | Charlie Smirke | Marcus Marsh | Aga Khan III | 10/11F | 12 | 3:07.80 | |
| 1951 | Talma | Rae Johnstone | Charles Semblat | Marcel Boussac | 7/1 | 18 | 3:13.80 | |
| 1950 | Scratch | Rae Johnstone | Charles Semblat | Marcel Boussac | 9/2 | 15 | 3:08.80 | |
| 1949 | Ridge Wood | Michael Beary | Noel Murless | Geoffrey Smith | 100/7 | 16 | 3:08.20 | |
| 1948 | Black Tarquin | Edgar Britt | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | William Woodward | 15/2 | 14 | 3:08.80 | |
| 1947 | Sayajirao | Edgar Britt | Sam Armstrong | Maharaja of Baroda | 9/2 | 11 | 3:07.80 | |
| 1946 | Airborne | Tommy Lowrey | Dick Perryman | John Ferguson | 3/1 | 11 | 3:10.20 | |
| 1945 | Chamossaire | Tommy Lowrey | Dick Perryman | Stanhope Joel | — | — | 2:55.80 | Wartime substitute, run at York. |
| 1944 | Tehran | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | — | — | 3:06.60 | Wartime substitute, run at Newmarket. |
| 1943 | Herringbone | Harry Wragg | Walter Earl | 17th Earl of Derby | — | — | 3:05.00 | Wartime substitute, run at Newmarket. |
| 1942 | Sun Chariot | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | King George VI | — | — | 3:08.40 | Wartime substitute, run at Newmarket. |
| 1941 | Sun Castle | Georges Bridgland | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | 1st Viscount Portal | — | — | 3:04.00 | Wartime substitute, run at Manchester. |
| 1940 | Turkhan | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | — | — | 3:32.40 | Wartime substitute, run at Thirsk. |
| 1939 | No race | — | — | — | — | — | — | No race; cancelled after the outbreak of World War II |
| 1938 | Scottish Union | Brownie Carslake | Noel Cannon | Jimmy Rank | — | — | 3:11.40 | |
| 1937 | Chulmleigh | Gordon Richards | Thomas Hogg | 1st Baron Glanely | — | — | 3:07.40 | |
| 1936 | Boswell | Pat Beasley | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | William Woodward | — | — | 3:08.60 | |
| 1935 | Bahram | Charlie Smirke | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | — | — | 3:01.80 | |
| 1934 | Windsor Lad | Charlie Smirke | Marcus Marsh | Martin H. Benson | — | — | 3:01.60 | |
| 1933 | Hyperion | Tommy Weston | George Lambton | 17th Earl of Derby | — | — | 3:06.80 | |
| 1932 | Firdaussi | Freddie Fox | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | — | — | 3:04.40 | |
| 1931 | Sandwich | Harry Wragg | Jack Jarvis | 6th Earl of Rosebery | — | — | 3:11.20 | |
| 1930 | Singapore | Gordon Richards | Thomas Hogg | 1st Baron Glanely | — | — | 3:09.20 | |
| 1929 | Trigo | Michael Beary | Dick Dawson | William Barnett | — | — | 3:03.40 | |
| 1928 | Fairway | Tommy Weston | Frank Butters | 17th Earl of Derby | — | — | 3:03.00 | |
| 1927 | Book Law | Henri Jelliss | Alec Taylor Jr. | 2nd Viscount Astor | — | — | 3:14.40 | |
| 1926 | Coronach | Joe Childs | Fred Darling | 1st Baron Woolavington | — | — | 3:01.60 | |
| 1925 | Solario | Joe Childs | Reginald Day | Sir John Rutherford | — | — | 3:04.40 | |
| 1924 | Salmon-Trout | Brownie Carslake | Dick Dawson | Aga Khan III | — | — | 3:13.20 | |
| 1923 | Tranquil | Tommy Weston | Charles Morton | 17th Earl of Derby | — | — | 3:05.00 | |
| 1922 | Royal Lancer | Bobby Jones | Alf Sadler Jr. | 5th Earl of Lonsdale | — | — | 3:14.20 | |
| 1921 | Polemarch | Joe Childs | Tom Green | 7th Marq. of Londonderry | — | — | 3:06.80 | |
| 1920 | Caligula | Arthur Smith | Harvey Leader | Mathradas Goculdas | — | — | 3:07.40 | |
| 1919 | Keysoe | Brownie Carslake | George Lambton | 17th Earl of Derby | — | — | 3:06.80 | |
| 1918 | Gainsborough | Joe Childs | Alec Taylor Jr. | Lady James Douglas | — | — | 3:04.00 | Wartime substitute: September Stakes, run at Newmarket. |
| 1917 | Gay Crusader | Steve Donoghue | Alec Taylor Jr. | Alfred Cox | — | — | 2:59.60 | Wartime substitute: September Stakes, run at Newmarket. |
| 1916 | Hurry On | Charlie Childs | Fred Darling | James Buchanan | — | — | 2:59.60 | Wartime substitute: September Stakes, run at Newmarket. |
| 1915 | Pommern | Steve Donoghue | Charles Peck | Solomon Joel | — | — | 2:55.60 | Wartime substitute: September Stakes, run at Newmarket. |
| 1914 | Black Jester | Walter Griggs | Charles Morton | Jack Joel | — | — | 3:02.60 | |
| 1913 | Night Hawk | Elijah Wheatley | Jack Robinson | William Hall Walker | — | — | 3:03.60 | |
| 1912 | Tracery | George Bellhouse | John Watson | August Belmont Jr. | — | — | 3:11.80 | |
| 1911 | Prince Palatine | Frank O’Neill | Henry Beardsley | Thomas Pilkington | — | — | 3:06.00 | |
| 1910 | Swynford | Frank Wootton | George Lambton | 17th Earl of Derby | — | — | 3:04.00 | |
| 1909 | Bayardo | Danny Maher | Alec Taylor Jr. | Alfred Cox | — | — | 3:08.60 | |
| 1908 | Your Majesty | Walter Griggs | Charles Morton | Jack Joel | — | — | 3:06.00 | |
| 1907 | Wool Winder | Bill Halsey | Harry Enoch | Ned Baird | — | — | 3:05.60 | |
| 1906 | Troutbeck | Georges Stern | Willie Waugh | 2nd Duke of Westminster | — | — | 3:04.20 | |
| 1905 | Challacombe | Otto Madden | Alec Taylor Jr. | Washington Singer | — | — | 3:05.40 | |
| 1904 | Pretty Polly | Willie Lane | Peter Gilpin | Eustace Loder | — | — | 3:05.80 | |
| 1903 | Rock Sand | Danny Maher | George Blackwell | Sir James Miller | — | — | 3:09.40 | |
| 1902 | Sceptre | Frank Hardy | Bob Sievier | Bob Sievier | — | — | 3:12.40 | |
| 1901 | Doricles | Kempton Cannon | Alfred Hayhoe | Leopold de Rothschild | — | — | 3:08.40 | |
| 1900 | Diamond Jubilee | Herbert Jones | Richard Marsh | Prince of Wales | — | — | 3:09.20 |
Starting prices and field sizes are populated from 1946 onward where verified; earlier unavailable values are shown as “—”. The St Leger is traditionally held at Doncaster; exceptional venues and unusual renewals are identified in Notes. The 1939 row is retained to show the cancelled renewal.
Sources: St Leger Stakes winners chronology; RacingBetter roll of honour/results; Doncaster Racecourse history.