Portland Handicap
History
The event was established in 1855, and for a period it was known as the Portland Plate. The original course started opposite a coaching inn called Red House, and it featured a left-handed bend at about halfway. The race was later transferred to a straight course.The Portland Handicap is held during Doncaster's four-day St. Leger Festival, and it is currently staged on the final day, the same day as the St Leger Stakes.
Records
Most successful horse :- Halmahera – 2002, 2003, 2004
- Brownie Carslake – Irish Elegance, Glanmerin, Tag End, Polar Bear, Rosemary's Pet
- Richard Marsh – ''Lollypop, Marvel, Kilkerran, Lucknow, Dieudonne ''
Winners since 1960
- ''Weights given in stones and pounds.''
Earlier winners
- 1855: Manganese
- 1856: Lance
- 1857: Meta
- 1858: The Ancient Briton
- 1859: Tight-fit
- 1860: Tattoo
- 1861: Lady Clifden
- 1862: Queen of Trumps
- 1863: Welland
- 1864: Persuasion
- 1865: Kilkenny
- 1866: Skylark
- 1867: Bounceaway
- 1868: Lady Zetland
- 1869: Argyle
- 1870: Oxonian
- 1871: St Vincent
- 1872: Little Nell
- 1873: Grand Flaneur
- 1874: Genevieve
- 1875: Grand Flaneur
- 1876: Lollypop
- 1877: Rosbach
- 1878: Telescope
- 1879: Hackthorpe
- 1880: Discount
- 1881: Mowerina
- 1882: Martini
- 1883: Lowland Chief
- 1884: Leeds
- 1885: Dalmeny
- 1886: Modwena
- 1887: Lisbon
- 1888: Goldseeker
- 1889: Galloping Queen
- 1890: L'Abbesse de Jouarre
- 1891: Tostig
- 1892: Marvel
- 1893: Whisperer
- 1894: Grey Leg
- 1895: Whiston
- 1896: Grig
- 1897: Kilkerran
- 1898: Eager
- 1899: Mazeppa
- 1900: Lucknow
- 1901: Dieudonne
- 1902: Gladwin
- 1903: Nabot
- 1904: Santry
- 1905: Xeny
- 1906: Nero
- 1907: Woolley
- 1908: The Welkin
- 1909: Americus Girl
- 1910: Hallaton
- 1911: Stolen Kiss
- 1912: Wethers Well
- 1913: Hornet's Beauty
- 1914: Flying Orb
- 1915–18: no race
- 1919: Irish Elegance
- 1920: Pelops
- 1921: Glanmerin
- 1922: Two Step
- 1923: Polydipsia
- 1924: Heverswood
- 1925: Diomedes
- 1926: Sunstone
- 1927: Mayrian
- 1928: Tag End
- 1929: Tag End
- 1930: Polar Bear
- 1931: Xandover
- 1932: Polar Bear
- 1933: Valkyrie
- 1934: Rosemary's Pet
- 1935: Shalfleet
- 1936: Shalfleet
- 1937: Carissa
- 1938: The Drummer
- 1939–40: no race
- 1941: Comatas
- 1942–45: no race
- 1946: The Shah
- 1947: Good View
- 1948: Gold Mist
- 1949: Le Lavandou
- 1950: Paramount
- 1951: Reminiscence
- 1952: Stephen Paul
- 1953: Reminiscence
- 1954: Vilmoray
- 1955: Princely Gift
- 1956: Epaulette
- 1957: Refined
- 1958: Welsh Abbot
- 1959: New World