Teenoso third favourite for the Lingfield Derby Trial in May. He took the lead five furlongs from the finish and stayed on well to win by three lengths from Shearwalk. When Lester Piggott, who had won the race eight times previously, elected to ride Teenoso in the Derby, the colt was strongly supported in the betting and started 9/2 favourite in a field of twenty-one runners. Racing on the heaviest ground seen at Epsom for many years, Teenoso was among the leaders from the start. Piggott sent the colt into the lead early in the straight and he was never in
Be My Native being made considerably easier by the late withdrawals of All Along and Time Charter. Electric (winner of the Great Voltigeur Stakes and Jockey Club Stakes) started favourite ahead of Diamond Shoal and Old Country (Derby Italiano, Prix Royal-Oak) with Be My Native the 8/1 fourth choice in a six-runner field. Ridden by Armstrong's son-in-law Lester Piggott he raced at the rear of the field as Diamond Shoal set a slow pace. In the straight Be My Native accelerated along the inside rail, took the lead a furlong from the finish and held off the challenge of Electric to win by