Derby | |
Location | Epsom Downs Racecourse |
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Date | 1 June 1983 |
Winning horse | Teenoso |
Starting price | 9/2 Fav |
Jockey | Lester Piggott |
Trainer | Geoff Wragg |
Owner | Eric Moller |
Conditions | Soft |
1-2-3 | ||
Teenoso | Carlingford Castle | Shearwalk |
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.
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.
Dist * | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | SP | |
1 | Teenoso | Lester Piggott | Geoff Wragg | 9-2 | |
2 | 3 | Carlingford Castle | Mick Kinane | Liam Browne (IRE) | 14-1 |
3 | 3 | Shearwalk | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | 18-1 |
4 | shd | Salmon Leap | Pat Eddery | Vincent O'Brien (IRE) | 11-2 |
5 | 2½ | Guns of Navarone | Philip Robinson | Clive Brittain | 20-1 |
6 | 8 | Naar | Joe Mercer | Peter Walwyn | 100-1 |
7 | ½ | Pluralisme | Freddy Head | Alec Head (FR) | 18-1 |
8 | 4 | Morcon | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | 17-2 |
9 | hd | Tolomeo | Gianfranco Dettori | Luca Cumani | 14-1 |
10 | 1 | Gordian | Cash Asmussen | Guy Harwood | 25-1 |
11 | nk | The Noble Player | Steve Cauthen | Barry Hills | 16-1 |
12 | Mitilini | Geoff Baxter | Ron Boss | 500-1 | |
13 | Neorion | Brian Rouse | Clive Brittain | 150-1 | |
14 | Wassl | Tony Murray | John Dunlop | 10-1 | |
15 | Tivian | Sandy Barclay | Clive Brittain | 500-1 | |
16 | Lomond | Willie Shoemaker | Vincent O'Brien (IRE) | 9-1 | |
17 | Appeal To Me | John Reid | Paul Kelleway | 500-1 | |
18 | Slewpy | Yves Saint-Martin | S Watters, jnr. (USA) | 100-1 | |
19 | Holmbury | M Miller | Geoff Huffer | 1000-1 | |
20 | Zoffany | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | 28-1 | |
U | Yawa | Philip Waldron | Geoff Lewis | 50-1 |
Further details of the winner, Teenoso:
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1982:[1]
Early-season appearances in 1983 and trial races prior to running in the Derby:[2]
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.
Leading progeny of participants in the 1983 Epsom Derby.[3][4][5][6][7]
Lomond (16th)
Tolomeo (9th) – Exported to Australia – Exported to Japan
Slewpy (18th)
Salmon Leap (4th)
Morcon (8th) – Exported to New Zealand
Guns of Navarone (5th) – Exported to New Zealand
Teenoso (1st)
Carlingford Castle (2nd)
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