The 115th running of the Irish Derby was held on Saturday 28th June 1980 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. Subscriptions were £1850 with a pot of £50,000 added. The winner was owned and bred by Mr George L Cambanis, trained by Bruce Hobbs at Newmarket and ridden by Tony Murray. The winner won by 1 1/2 lengths in 2 minutes 43.8 seconds on yielding going, with 2 1/2 lengths between second and third.

IRISH DERBY 1980

TYRNAVOS (Bay colt by Blakeney out of Stilvi) SR 1989

The winning owner won £142,195 (The equivalent of £579,700 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 4 minutes 41 second clip of the 1980 Irish Derby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuKQGo5vSqA
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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 TYRNAVOS 9.0 Tony Murray Mr George L Cambanis Bruce Hobbs
2 PRINCE BEE 9.0 Willie Carson Sir Michael Sobell Dick Hern
3 RAMIAN 9.0 Walter Swinburn M Soudavar Dermot Weld
4 GARRIDO 9.0 Philippe Paquet Marquis Incisa Della Rochetta Francois Boutin
5 MASTER WILLIE 9.0 Philip Waldron Mr William Barnett Henry Candy
6 PELERIN 9.0 Lester Piggott Sir Philip Oppenheimer Harry Wragg
7 RANKIN 9.0 Greville Starkey Mr Ron Fennell Guy Harwood
8 NOBLE SHAMUS 9.0 Thomas Carberry Mr John Surless M F Fogarty
9 COBBLERS COVE 9.0 Stephen Craine Mrs B J Eastwood Con Collins
10 GRABEN 9.0 Declan Gillespie Mr Nelson Bunker Hunt Ted Curtin
11 NIKOLI 9.0 Christy Roche 3rd Earl Iveagh Kevin Prendergast
12 FINGAL'S CAVE 9.0 Thomas Murphy Mr James Mullion John Dunlop
13 CURRENT CHARGE 9.0 Steve Cauthen Mr Patrick Gallagher Chris Grassick
  Betting        
7/4 fav Master Willie        
4/1 Nikoli        
13/2 Pelerin        
10/1 Garrido        
11/1 Prince Bee        
11/1 Fingal's Cave        
12/1 Rankin        
25/1 Tyrnavos        
33/1 Ramian        
66/1 Cobbler's Cove        
100/1 Noble Shamus        
100/1 Graben        
100/1 Current Charge        
  Over round 117%        
FORMLINE:- The unfancied outsider Tyrnavos won by 1 1/2 lengths in 2 minutes 43.8 seconds on very yielding going. In a career spanning 9 races, he was victorious in just 3 of them.

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