The St. Leger Stakes is a 1 3/4 miles, 132 yards (about 2800 meters) thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds run in September of each year at Doncaster, Yorkshire, England first held in 1776.
... explorer who first rounded the Cape of Good Hope.
Sir Francis Drake, (c. 1540-1596), pirate, leader of the second circumnavigation
Jules Dumont d'Urville, (1790-1842), ...