1982 Epsom Derby

1982 Epsom Derby
Derby
Location Epsom Downs Racecourse
Date 2 June 1982
Winning horse Golden Fleece (horse)
SP 3/1 Fav
Jockey Pat Eddery
Trainer Vincent O'Brien
Owner Robert Sangster
Conditions Firm

The 1982 Epsom Derby was the 203rd annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 2 June 1982.

The race was won by Robert Sangster's Golden Fleece, at odds of 3/1 ridden by jockey Pat Eddery and trained at Ballydoyle by Vincent O'Brien. Golden Fleece's win was the sixth in the race for O'Brien and the second for Eddery. The winning time of 2:34.27 was the fastest since Mahmoud's hand-timed 2:33.8 in 1936.

Race details

Full result

Dist * Horse Jockey Trainer SP
1 Golden Fleece Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien (IRE) 3-1
2 3 Touching Wood Paul Cook Harry Thomson Jones 40-1
3 1 Silver Hawk Tony Murray Michael Albina 14-1
4 hd Persepolis Yves Saint-Martin Francois Boutin (FR) 4-1
5 Norwick Greville Starkey Guy Harwood 33-1
6 3 Palace Gold Tony Ives Bill O'Gorman 25-1
7 4 Peacetime Joe Mercer Jeremy Tree 6-1
8 4 Rocamadour Walter Swinburn Arthur Pitt 20-1
9 Count Pahlen Geoff Baxter Bruce Hobbs 33-1
10 2 Fitzwarren Bob Weaver Toby Balding 250-1
11 hd Tidworth Tattoo Brian Rouse David Elsworth 300-1
12 hd Super Sunrise Edward Hide Gavin Hunter 20-1
13 shd Father Rooney Steve Cauthen Barry Hills 28-1
14 8 Jalmood Willie Carson John Dunlop 4-1
15 4 Lobkowiez Brian Taylor Clive Brittain 200-1
16 Reef Glade Philip Waldron Patrick Haslam 250-1
17 Wongchoi David Brosnan Eric Eldin 150-1
18 Florida Son Ernie Johnson J Hanson 250-1

Winner details

Further details of the winner, Golden Fleece:

Form analysis

Two-year-old races

Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1981:[1]

The road to Epsom

Early-season appearances in 1982 and trial races prior to running in the Derby:[2]

Subsequent Group 1 wins

Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.

References

  1. Timeform staff (1982). Racehorses of 1981. Timeform. ISBN 0-900-59933-2.
  2. Timeform staff (1983). Racehorses of 1982. Timeform. ISBN 0-900-59935-9.

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