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
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