1989 Epsom Derby

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1989 Epsom Derby
Derby
Location Epsom Downs Racecourse
Date7 June 1989
Winning horse Nashwan
Starting price 5/4 fav
Jockey Willie Carson
Trainer Dick Hern
Owner Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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Epsom Derby 1989
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Owner Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum.svg Owner The Dowager Lady Beaverbrook.svg Owner Lady Harrison.svg
NashwanTerimonCacoethes

The 1989 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday 7 June 1989. It was the 210th running of the Derby, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Nashwan. The winner was ridden by Willie Carson and trained by Dick Hern. [1] [2]

Contents

Race details

Full result

*HorseJockeyTrainer SP
1 Nashwan Willie Carson Dick Hern 5/4 fav
25 Terimon Michael Roberts Clive Brittain 500/1
32 Cacoethes Greville Starkey Guy Harwood 3/1
4½Ile de Nisky George Duffield Geoff Huffer 20/1
52Mill Pond Pat Eddery Patrick Biancone (FR)16/1
62 Gran Alba Brian Rouse Richard Hannon, Sr. 80/1
76 Classic Fame John Reid Vincent O'Brien (IRE)33/1
8¾Torjoun Ray Cochrane Luca Cumani 11/1
93Flockton's Own Richard Hills J. R. Shaw500/1
10hd Prince of Dance Steve Cauthen Dick Hern 11/2
1115Warrshan Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 13/1
1225Polar Run Tony Clark Guy Harwood 250/1

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. hd = head.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Nashwan :

Form analysis

Two-year-old races

Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1988.

The road to Epsom

Early-season appearances in 1989 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.

Subsequent Group 1 wins

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

Subsequent breeding careers

Leading progeny of participants in the 1989 Epsom Derby. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Sires of Group/Grade One winners

Sires of National Hunt horses

Terimon (2nd)

Other Stallions

Warrshan (11th) - Fleet Hill (1st Superlative Stakes 1994 - Dam of dual G3 winner African Dream)
Mill Pond (5th) - Exported to Czech Republic - Kedon (3rd Velká pardubická 2002), Valldemoso (3rd Velká pardubická 2011)
Classic Fame (7th) - Exported to New Zealand - Power And Fame (3rd New Zealand 2000 Guineas 1998)
Gran Alba (6th) - Minor jumps winners
Cacoethes (3rd) - Exported to Japan
Ile de Nisky (4th) - Exported to Saudi Arabia
Torjoun (8th) - Exported to Chile
Flockton's Own (9th) - Sired minor winner
Polar Run (12th) - Exported to Saudi Arabia

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