1984 Epsom Derby

1984 Epsom Derby
Derby
LocationEpsom Downs Racecourse
Date6 June 1984
Winning horseSecreto
Starting price14/1
JockeyChristy Roche
TrainerDavid O'Brien
OwnerLuigi Miglietti
ConditionsGood
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Epsom Derby 1984
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Secreto El Gran Senor Mighty Flutter

The 1984 Epsom Derby was the 205th annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 6 June 1984. It was the first edition of the race to be commercially sponsored and was known as the Ever Ready Derby. The sponsorship meant that the first prize of £227,680 was the biggest in the history of the race.

The race was won by Luigi Miglietti's Secreto at odds of 14/1, ridden by Christy Roche and trained in Ireland by David O'Brien. The favourite El Gran Senor, trained by David O'Brien's father Vincent finished second by a short head. The colt's win was a first success in the race for owner, trainer and jockey. At the age of 27, David O'Brien was one of the youngest men to have trained a Derby winner.

Race details

  • Sponsor: Ever Ready
  • Winner's prize money: £227,680
  • Going: Good
  • Number of runners: 17
  • Winner's time: 2 minutes, 39.12 seconds

Full result

Race result

Dist * Horse Jockey Trainer SP
1 Secreto Christy Roche David O'Brien (IRE) 14/1
2 shd El Gran Senor Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien (IRE) 8/11
3 3 Mighty Flutter Brian Rouse David Elsworth 66/1
4 1½ At Talaq Richard Hills Harry Thomson Jones 250/1
5 1½ Alphabatim Lester Piggott Guy Harwood 11/2
6 1½ Telios Geoff Baxter Bruce Hobbs 100/1
7 1½ Long Pond George Duffield Paul Kelleway 150/1
8 5 Kaytu Willie Carson Dick Hern 12/1
9 1 Sheer Heights Paul Cook Paul Cole 100/1
10 2 Ilium Tony Murray Harry Thomson Jones 16/1
11 6 Pigwidgeon Greville Starkey Guy Harwood 150/1
12 7 Elegant Air Bruce Raymond Ian Balding 50/1
13 3 Claude Monet Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 12/1
14 4 My Volga Boatman Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 33/1
15 7 Sassanoco Trevor Rogers Harry Thomson Jones 500/1
16 1 Northern Fred Gary Moore Charles Milbank (FR) 150/1
17 Cataldi Tony Clark Guy Harwood 250/1

Winner details

Further details of the winner, Secreto:

Form analysis

Two-year-old races

Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1983:

The road to Epsom

Early-season appearances in 1984 and trial races prior to running in the Derby:

Subsequent Group 1 wins

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

Subsequent breeding careers

Leading progeny of participants in the 1984 Epsom Derby.

Sires of Classic winners

El Gran Senor (2nd)

Secreto (1st) - Exported to USA - Later exported to Japan

At Talaq (4th)

Sires of Group/Grade One winners

Elegant Air (12th)

Sires of National Hunt horses

Alphabatim (5th)

Cataldi (17th)

Other Stallions

Claude Monet (13th) - Artistic Reef (3rd King George Stakes 1992), Sweet Revival (dam of Sweet Return) - Later exported to South Africa
Telios (6th) - Exported to Japan - Mejiro Lambada (1st Nikkei Shinshun Hai 1997)
Long Pond (7th) - Midnights Daughter (dam of One Knight)
Kaytu (8th) - Sired minor jumps winners
Ilium (10th) - Sired minor jumps winners
Mighty Flutter (3rd) - Exported to Spain
Sheer Heights (9th) - Exported to Saudi Arabia
My Volga Boatman (14th) - Exported to Turkey
Northern Fred (16th) - Exported to Australia

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