In the St Leger he was not regarded as a serious contender but was given an extremely well judged ride by John Barham Day to win by a short head from The Saddler.

[4] Chorister's dam, an unnamed mare by Chorus, was a granddaughter of Anticipation, whose other descendants included the outstanding racehorse and broodmare Alice Hawthorn.

[4] Chorister took the lead in the closing stages and held off a strong challenge from Mr Walker's filly Victoire (ridden by Bill Scott) to win by a head.

[6] More than four months after his successful debut, Chorister ran in the Champagne Stakes on the opening day of the St Leger meeting at Doncaster.

Well inside the final furlong, Chorister made a "tremendous rush"[12] to catch and overtake The Saddler and win by a short head.

The race was run at a slow pace before the horses accelerated entering the straight and after a strongly contested finish the two colts crossed the line together with the judge declaring dead heat.

[15] Commenting on the fact that Chorister seemed better suited to racing in a large field of runners the Sporting Magazine's correspondent wrote that "it was more agreeable to him to sing with a full orchestra than take a part in a duet".