{"id":6197,"date":"2025-09-10T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=6197"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:11:22","slug":"st-leger-winners-doncaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/st-leger-winners-doncaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Best St Leger Winners Based On Official Ratings (Since 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the final British Classic horse race taking place this weekend – we look back at the recent St Leger winners and see who the best Doncaster horses were best on their official ratings at the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best St Leger Winners Based On Ratings (Since 2014)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

There have been many top winners of the St Leger since 2014 – including four for the powerful Aidan O’Brien yard, who have EIGHT overall success in the Doncaster Group One to their name.<\/p>\n

During this period, we’ve also seen wins for top jockeys Ryan Moore (3 wins) and Andrea Atzeni (2 wins) – while trainer Roger Varian gets a big mention too, with two wins (2022 and 2014).<\/p>\n

However, since 2014 there have been three joint top-rated St Leger winners, who all landed the oldest English Classic off a mark of 120. With the most recent in 2021.<\/p>\n

Last year’s winner Jan Brueghel, however, wasn’t one of these. He was rated 114, so 6lbs lower than these top-rated 120 St Leger winners in recent times.<\/p>\n

Aidan O’Brien will be looking for more Classic glory in 2025, with 50% of the St Leger runners<\/a>, headed by his Goodwood Cup winner Scandinavia.<\/p>\n

When Is The St Leger 2025?
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\ud83d\udcc5Date: Saturday 13th September 2025
\n\u231aTime: 3:40pm<\/span><\/span>
\n\ud83c\udfc7Racecourse: Doncaster
\n\ud83d\udcb0Winning Purse: \u00a3<\/span><\/span>396,970
\n\ud83d\udcfa TV: ITV and Racing TV<\/p>\n

HURRICANE LANE (2021)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • <\/i> Trainer: Charlie Appleby<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> Jockey: William Buick<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> Official Rating: 120<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    The 3 year-old Hurricane Lane<\/strong> gave trainer Charlie Appleby his first St Leger winner in 2021, but it was Godolphin’s seventh.<\/p>\n

    The ‘boys in blue’<\/em> also took the prize with Classic Cliche (1995), Nedwai (1998), Mutafaweq (1999), Rule Of Law (2004, Mastery (2009), Encke (2012).<\/p>\n

    Hurricane Lane’s St Leger win was also providing jockey William Buick with a third success after winning on Arctic Cosmos (2010) and Masked Marvel (2011).<\/p>\n

    After his St Leger win, Hurricane Lane raced six more times.<\/p>\n

    Including running third in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe just three weeks after this Doncaster win.<\/p>\n

    However, the horse only won once more, which came Jockey Club Stakes in 2023 and was last seen finishing last of five in the Coronation Cup at Epsom later that same year.<\/p>\n