The St. Leger Stakes was not formally run under that name until 1778.

The title St. Leger Stakes was decided at a dinner party held in 1777 to discuss the following year's race.

The St. Leger Stakes was closed to geldings in 1906.

He won three of his five starts, including the two-mile St. Leger Stakes in 1780.

He made the running in the St Leger Stakes and finished unplaced.

It is named after the English race of the same name, the St Leger Stakes.

During the winter he was amongst the favourites for the 1829 St. Leger Stakes.

The St. Leger Stakes has inspired a number of similar events around the world, although many are no longer restricted to three-year-olds.

This was to become the St. Leger Stakes.

Named Memnon, he won the St Leger Stakes in 1825.