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.
Sponsor: none
Winner's prize money: £165,080
Going: Soft
Number of runners: 21
Winner's time: 2 minutes, 49.07 seconds
Further details of the winner, Teenoso:
Foaled: 7 April 1980, in United Kingdom
Sire: Youth; Dam: Furioso (Ballymoss)
Owner: Eric Moller
Breeder: White Lodge Stud
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1982:
Gordian - 3rd in Somerville Tattersall Stakes, 2nd in Dewhurst Stakes
Lomond - 3rd in National Stakes
Pluralisme - 1st in Prix des Chenes
Shearwalk - 3rd in Seaton Delaval Stakes
Slewpy - 1st in Young America Stakes
The Noble Player – 2nd in Washington Singer Stakes, 3rd in Royal Lodge Stakes, 3rd in Grand Criterium
Early-season appearances in 1983 and trial races prior to running in the Derby:
Carlingford Castle - 1st in Gallinule Stakes
Gordian – 1st in Sandown Classic Trial
Gun of Navarone – 3rd in Craven Stakes, 2nd in Dante Stakes
Lomond - 1st in Gladness Stakes, 1st in 2000 Guineas, 2nd in Irish 2000 Guineas
Morcon – 1st in Predominate Stakes
Neorion - 2nd in Sandown Classic Trial
Pluralisme – 1st in Prix de Guiche
Salmon Leap - 1st in Tetrarch Stakes, 1st in Nijinsky Stakes
Shearwalk - 1st in Heathorn Stakes, 2nd in Lingfield Derby Trial
Slewpy – 3rd in Louisiana Derby
Teenoso – 1st in Lingfield Derby Trial
Tolomeo - 2nd in 2000 Guineas
Wassl – 1st in Greenham Stakes, 1st in Irish 2000 Guineas
Yawa - 3rd in Lingfield Derby Trial
Zoffany - 1st in Feilden Stakes
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.
Slewpy – Meadowlands Cup (1983)
Teenoso – Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (1984), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1984)
Tolomeo – Arlington Million (1983)
Yawa – Grand Prix de Paris (1983), Premio Roma (1984)
Zoffany – Hollywood Turf Cup (1985), Sunset Handicap (1986), San Luis Rey Handicap (1987)
