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
Nijinsky (horse) Racecourse Association, gaining 38 of the 40 votes. Nijinsky was rated the greatest ever Epsom Derby winner in 2018 by a panel of experts assembled by the Daily Telegraph. In their book "A Century of Champions", John Randall and Tony Morris rated Nijinsky as a "great" Derby winner and the best Irish racehorse of the 20th Century. Vincent O'Brien named Nijinsky and Sir Ivor as the best horses he had trained, placing Nijinsky first "for brilliance." Lester Piggott concurs saying ""I think Nijinsky probably on his day was the most brilliant horse I've ever ridden". Geoff Lewis who rode Mill