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1982 Epsom Derby

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Winning horse
  
Jockey
  
Date
  
2 June 1982

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3/1 Fav

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The 1982 Epsom Derby was the 203rd annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 2 June 1982.

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The race was won by Robert Sangster's Golden Fleece, at odds of 3/1 ridden by jockey Pat Eddery and trained at Ballydoyle by Vincent O'Brien. Golden Fleece's win was the sixth in the race for O'Brien and the second for Eddery. The winning time of 2:34.27 was the fastest since Mahmoud's hand-timed 2:33.8 in 1936.

Race details

  • Sponsor: none
  • Winner's prize money: £146,720
  • Going: Firm
  • Number of runners: 18
  • Winner's time: 2 minutes, 34.27 seconds
  • Winner details

    Further details of the winner, Golden Fleece:

  • Foaled: 1 April 1979, in the United States
  • Sire: Nijinsky; Dam: Exotic Treat (Vaguely Noble)
  • Owner: Robert Sangster
  • Breeder: Mr & Mrs Paul Hexter
  • Two-year-old races

    Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1981:

  • Count Pahlen - 3rd in Acomb Stakes, 1st in William Hill Futurity
  • Jalmood - 3rd in William Hill Futurity
  • Lobkowiez3rd in Royal Lodge Stakes
  • Norwick - 1st in Royal Lodge Stakes, 2nd in Grand Criterium
  • Persepolis - 1st in Prix La Rochette
  • Silver Hawk - 1st in Solario Stakes, 2nd in Royal Lodge Stakes
  • Wongchoi2nd in Somerville Tattersall Stakes
  • The road to Epsom

    Early-season appearances in 1982 and trial races prior to running in the Derby:

  • Count Pahlen1st in Blue Riband Trial Stakes
  • Father Rooney - 2nd in Chester Vase
  • Golden Fleece - 1st in Nijinsky Stakes, 1st in Ballymoss Stakes
  • Jalmood3rd in Sandown Classic Trial, 1st in Lingfield Derby Trial
  • Lobkowiez3rd in Chester Vase
  • Palace Gold2nd in Dante Stakes
  • Peacetime - 1st in Sandown Classic Trial, 1st in Predominate Stakes
  • Persepolis - 1st in Prix Noailles, 1st in Prix Lupin
  • Silver Hawk1st in Craven Stakes
  • Super Sunrise - 1st in Chester Vase
  • Touching Wood2nd in Predominate Stakes
  • Wongchoi - 3rd in Craven Stakes
  • Subsequent Group 1 wins

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

  • JalmoodPremio Presidente della Repubblica (1983)
  • Touching WoodSt Leger (1982), Irish St Leger (1982)
  • References

    1982 Epsom Derby Wikipedia


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