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
Lester Balaski 1 outsider Bien Joli to a fifth-place finish and in the 1938 running was third aboard Can't Wait. His fourth-place in the 1940 Kentucky Derby would be the last Derby ride for Balaski as a result of service with the United States Army during World War II. In 1940 he had his first and only ride in the second leg of the U. S. Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes. Aboard Mioland he had been fourth to Gallahadion in the 1940 Derby and would be runner-up to Bimelech in the 1940 Preakness Stakes. Riding for future U. S. Racing Hall