Epsom Derby 1980

This was run on Wednesday 4th June 1980 and the winner was bred by Mrs Jack G Jones, trained by Major Dick Hern and owned by Mme A Plesch. There were 24 runners and the winning time was 2 mins 34.77 secs. The winner won by 3/4 length with 1 1/2 lengths between second and third. The winner won a first prize of £166,820, (The equivalent of £680,000 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

THE DERBY 1980

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The Youtube website and bank of film clips provide excellent coverage of the Epsom Derby. The link below is a 3 minute 45 second clip of the Derby. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xltfEwCVMs

HENBIT SR 2017

Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer
1	HENBIT	Willie Carson	W R Hern
2	MASTER WILLIE	Philip Waldron	Henry Candy
3	RANKIN	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood
4	PELERIN	Pat Eddery	Harry Wragg
5	GARRIDO	Philip Paquet	Francois Boutin (Fr)
6	HELLO GORGEOUS	Joe Mercer	Henry Cecil
7	JULIUS CAESAR	Paul Cook	S Boullenger (Fr)
Also	*NIKOLI*	Christie Roche	P J Prendergast
Also	STAR WAY	Yves Saint-Martin	Paul Kelleway
Also	WATER MILL	Tony Murray	W R Hern
Also	MOOMBA MASQUERADE	Geoff Baxter	J Hindley
Also	TYRNAVOS	Edward Hide	Bruce Hobbs
Also	SAINT JONATHON	Steve Cauthen	Barry Hills
Also	MONTEVERDI	Lester Piggott	M V O'Brien
Also	PRINCE SPRUCE	John Matthias	John Dunlop
Also	BOZOVICI	Brian Taylor	H Ryan Price
Also	BRAUGHING	Jeff (Kipper) Lynch	Clive Brittain
Also	BLAST OFF	M Philipperon	J Fellows (Fr)
Also	NOBLE SHAMUS	G McGrath	M Fogarty (Ire)
Also	RIBO CHARTER	Tommy Carberry	Paul Kelleway
Also	RUNNING MILL	A Kimberley	Michael Stoute
Also	PIMPONT	G Doleuze	C Milbanks (Fr)
Also	MARCELLO	Brian Rouse	Clive Brittain
Also	MAJESTIC STAR	John Reid	Gavin Pritchard-Gordon
4/1	*Nikoli*
7/1	Henbit
8/1	*Monteverdi*
9/1	*Hello Gorgeous*
9/1	*Tyrnavos*
14/1	*Rankin*
14/1	*Water Mill*
18/1	*Pelerin*
22/1	*Master Willie*
25/1	*Star Way*
28/1	*Garrido*
33/1	*Bozovici*
33/1	*Majestic Star*
33/1	*Saint Jonathon*
40/1	*Mooba Masquerade*
40/1	*Pimpont*
50/1	*Julius Caesar*
66/1	*Blast Off*
100/1	*Noble Shamus*
100/1	*Ribo Charter*
100/1	*Running Mill*
200/1	*Braughing*
200/1	*Marcello*
200/1	*Prince Spruce*
Over Round 118%		Prior to winning the Derby Henbit won the Chester Vase. I am grateful to David Copland for the photo shown above.