The 118th running of the Irish Derby was held on Saturday 25th June 1983 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. Subscriptions were £1750 with a pot of £50,000 added. The winner was owned by Maktoum Al Maktoum, bred in USA by Mr E P Taylor, trained by Michael Stoute at Newmarket, and ridden by Walter Swinburn. The winner won by 3 lengths in 2 minutes 29.4 seconds, with 2 lengths between second and third.

IRISH DERBY 1983

SHAREEF DANCER (Bay colt by Northern Dancer out of Sweet Alliance) SR 2062

The winning owner won £133,675 (The equivalent of £428,800 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 3 minutes 7 second clip of the 1983 Irish Derby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgJzfuNoyyU
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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 SHAREEF DANCER 9.0 Walter Swinburn Maktoum Al Maktoum Michael Stoute
2 CAERLEON 9.0 Pat Eddery Mr Robert Sangster M Vincent O'Brien
3 TEENOSO 9.0 Lester Piggott Mr Eric Moller Geoff Wragg
4 QUILTED 9.0 Declan Gillespie Mr J R Fluor Michael O'Toole
5 WASSL 9.0 Tony Murray Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum John Dunlop
6 KALAMINSKY 9.0 Christy Roche Mr J McCarthy Michael Connolly
7 CARLINGFORD CASTLE 9.0 Mick Kinane Judge T Frank Roe Liam Browne
8 SIR SIMON 9.0 James Coogan Miss Carole Anne Moore Fraser Brian Malone
9 AVALANCHE WAY 9.0 Kevin Moses Mr Franklin Groves Ted Curtin
10 PARLIAMENT 9.0 Joseph Deegan Mr Richard Stokes Dermot Weld
11 HERON BAY 9.0 George McGrath Mr Daniel Schwartz M Vincent O'Brien
12 SLANEY PRINCE 9.0 Gabriel Curran Mr Brian Hayes Liam Browne
  Betting        
5/4 fav Caerleon        
2/1 Teenoso        
8/1 Shareef Dancer        
17/2 Carlingford Castle        
16/1 Wassl        
20/1 Parliament        
66/1 Quilted        
66/1 Sir Simon        
66/1 Avalanche Way        
66/1 Heron Bay        
200/1 Kalaminsky        
500/1 Slaney Prince        
  Over round 117%        
FORMLINE:- Shareef Dancer won by a comfortable 3 lengths in a fast time of 2 minutes 29.4 seconds. In a career of just 5 races he was successful 3 times.

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