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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.
Derby | |
Location | Epsom Downs Racecourse |
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Date | 2 June 1982 |
Winning horse | Golden Fleece (horse) |
Starting price | 3/1 Fav |
Jockey | Pat Eddery |
Trainer | Vincent O'Brien |
Owner | Robert Sangster |
Conditions | Firm |
1-2-3 | ||
Golden Fleece | Touching Wood | Silver Hawk |
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.
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 | François Boutin (FR) | 4-1 |
5 | 1½ | 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 | 1½ | 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 |
Further details of the winner, Golden Fleece:
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1981:[1]
Early-season appearances in 1982 and trial races prior to running in the Derby:[2]
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.
Jalmood – Premio Presidente della Repubblica (1983)
Touching Wood – St Leger (1982), Irish St Leger (1982)
Leading progeny of participants in the 1982 Epsom Derby.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Silver Hawk (3rd)
Touching Wood (2nd)
Florida Son (18th)
Norwick (5th)
Golden Fleece (1st) – Pixie Erin (1st 1987 Matron Stakes), King's College (2nd 1987 Tetrarch Stakes), Gold Bracelet (Dam of Lake Kariba)
Jalmood (14th) – Lord Of The Field (3rd 1993 Irish Champion Stakes), Jaljuli (3rd 1988 Cheveley Park Stakes), Jacamar (1st 1988 Chesham Stakes) – Exported to Sweden
Persepolis (4th) – Harlem Shuffle (2nd 1987 Prix Noailles), Sarba (3rd 1988 Prix de Royallieu)
Count Pahlen (9th) – Thunder Grey (3rd 1992 Prix Gladiateur)
Super Sunrise (12th) – Exported to America before returning to Great Britain where he produced a winner of a Kelso Novices' Hurdle
Peacetime (7th) – Exported to South Africa
Rocamadour (8th) – Exported to America
Father Rooney (13th) – Exported to South Africa
Reef Glade (16th) – Exported to Japan
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