1983 Epsom Derby

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1983 Epsom Derby
Derby
Location Epsom Downs Racecourse
Date1 June 1983
Winning horse Teenoso
Starting price 9/2 Fav
Jockey Lester Piggott
Trainer Geoff Wragg
OwnerEric Moller
Conditions Soft
  1982
1984  
Epsom Derby 1983
1-2-3
Owner Mollers Racing.svg Owner Mr T F Roe.svg Owner Robert Sangster light blue cap.svg
TeenosoCarlingford CastleShearwalk

The 1983 Epsom Derby was the 204th annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 1 June 1983.

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The race was won by Eric Moller's Teenoso, at odds of 9/2 ridden by jockey Lester Piggott and trained at Newmarket by Geoff Wragg. Teenoso's win gave Piggott a record-breaking ninth success in the race. The winning time of 2:49.07 was the slowest of the 20th century.

Race details

Full result

Dist *HorseJockeyTrainer SP
1 Teenoso Lester Piggott Geoff Wragg 9-2
23Carlingford Castle Mick Kinane Liam Browne (IRE)14-1
33Shearwalk Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 18-1
4shdSalmon Leap Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien (IRE)11-2
5Guns of Navarone Philip Robinson Clive Brittain 20-1
68Naar Joe Mercer Peter Walwyn 100-1
7½Pluralisme Freddy Head Alec Head (FR)18-1
84 Morcon Willie Carson Dick Hern 17-2
9hd Tolomeo Gianfranco Dettori Luca Cumani 14-1
101Gordian Cash Asmussen Guy Harwood 25-1
11nkThe Noble Player Steve Cauthen Barry Hills 16-1
12MitiliniGeoff BaxterRon Boss500-1
13NeorionBrian Rouse Clive Brittain 150-1
14 Wassl Tony Murray John Dunlop 10-1
15TivianSandy Barclay Clive Brittain 500-1
16 Lomond Willie Shoemaker Vincent O'Brien (IRE)9-1
17Appeal To Me John Reid Paul Kelleway 500-1
18 Slewpy Yves Saint-Martin S Watters, jnr. (USA)100-1
19HolmburyM MillerGeoff Huffer1000-1
20 Zoffany Greville Starkey Guy Harwood 28-1
U Yawa Philip Waldron Geoff Lewis 50-1

Winner details

Further details of the winner, Teenoso:

Form analysis

Two-year-old races

Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1982: [1]

The road to Epsom

Early-season appearances in 1983 and trial races prior to running in the Derby: [2]

Subsequent Group 1 wins

Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.

Subsequent breeding careers

Leading progeny of participants in the 1983 Epsom Derby. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Sires of Classic winners

Lomond (16th)

Tolomeo (9th) – Exported to Australia – Exported to Japan

Sires of Group/Grade One winners

Slewpy (18th)

Salmon Leap (4th)

Morcon (8th) – Exported to New Zealand

Guns of Navarone (5th) – Exported to New Zealand

Sires of National Hunt horses

Teenoso (1st)

Carlingford Castle (2nd)

Other Stallions

Wassl (14th) – Wiorno (1st Prix Dollar 1991), Ocean Falls (3rd Poule d'Essai des Poulains 1989), Anna Petrovna (dam of Annus Mirabilis)
Zoffany (20th) – Clan Osullivan (2nd Golden Slipper Stakes 1992), Miss Zoe (3rd Australian Oaks 2000)
The Noble Player (11th) – Tinte Blu (1st Premio Royal Mares 1991), Este (dam of Estejo)
Pluralisme (7th) – Exported to Japan – Yamano Casablanca (2nd Oka Sho 1991)
Shearwalk (3rd) – Exported to New Zealand – Exported to Australia
Gordian (10th) – Exported to Brazil
Yawa (Unseated) – Exported to Japan

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