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
Max Piggott on 7 July 2010, when the car he was driving was struck by a truck, north of Albany. He had been traveling to cover a field day for the "Farm Weekly". Max Piggott Maxwell Ian "Max" Piggott (20 June 1920 – 7 July 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Piggott, the son of a policeman, grew up in the South Melbourne area and started his working life at the age of 14, for a soap manufacturer. He played his early football for Queenscliff and also made some appearances for