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
Double Form of Gradiva, the ancestor of the Irish Derby winner Soldier of Fortune. Baroness Thyssen sent the colt into training with Fulke Johnson Houghton at Blewbury in Wiltshire. Double Form usually raced in blinkers Double Form began his racing career in the Granville Maiden Stakes over six furlongs at Ascot Racecourse in July. Ridden by Lester Piggott he was given an easy introduction and finished sixth of the fourteen runners behind Nutibara. The colt then suffered from a skin problem and did not appear again until October, when he ran in the Burr Stakes over seven and a half furlongs at