1983 Epsom Derby 1983 Epsom Derby 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. Further details of the winner, Teenoso: Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1982: Early-season appearances in 1983 and trial races prior
Awaasif Stakes at Epsom, and finished fourth behind Time Charter, Slightly Dangerous and Last Feather. After the Oaks Awaasif contracted mastitis and was off the racecourse for more than two months, missing an intended run in the Irish Oaks. On 17 August Awaasif returned in the Group One Yorkshire Oaks at York Racecourse where she was ridden by Lester Piggott. She started at odds of 4/1 in a field which included Height of Fashion, Last Feather, Swiftfoot and Dancing Rocks (winner of the Nassau Stakes). In a closely contested three-way finish, Awaasif took the lead in the last hundred yards and