This was run on Thursday 4th May 1780, the first race on the second day of a 4 day Epsom Spring Meeting held on Epsom Downs.  A field of 9 faced the starter for the one mile contest, although there had been 36 subscribers to contest a first prize of £1,065 15 shillings (The equivalent of £181,700 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator). Colts carried 8 st whilst fillies carried 7 st 11 lbs.

THE DERBY 1780

Only 3 of the colts were named by the time of the race, and even the horse that came second was reported to be called Buddroo by Bailey's Racing Register rather than the more commonly held view that it was named Boudrow. The winner was trained by R Teasdale. The winner was Diomed, a chestnut by Florizel out of a Spectator mare.

DIOMED SR 2046

Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Owner
1	DIOMED	Sam Arnull	Sir Charles Bunbury
2	BOUDROW (Buddroo)	-----	Major O'Kelly
3	SPITFIRE	-----	Mr Walker
4	Colt by VAUXHALL SNAP	-----	Sir F.Evelyn
Also	Junior colt by HEROD	-----	Mr Panton
Also	Colt by ECLIPSE	-----	H.R.H.Duke of Cumberland
Also	DIADEM	-----	Lord Grosvenor
Also	Colt by GIMCRACK	-----	Mr Delme
Also	Colt by MATCH'EM	-----	Duke of Bolton
6/4	Diomed	Some records show that a Colt by Cardinal Puff owned by Mr Sulsh was a runner, but later corrections noted that Diadem owned by Lord Grosvenor was the actual runner.
4/1	Budrow
7/1	Spitfire
10	Colt by Match'em

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