AAMI Victoria Derby

The AAMI Victoria Derby is one of the premier three-year-old staying races held each year in Australia at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne. The Victoria Derby usually takes place in late October or early November on the final Saturday before our greatest race the Melbourne Cup the following Tuesday.

Offering prizemoney of more than $1.5Million, the three-year-old classic is raced over a distance of 2500 metres at level weights and all up-and-coming 3yo staying types aspire to win this most prestigious race.

Derby Day is the first day of the magnificent four day Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington and boasts an impressive nine group races on the card, including three other Group 1 races alongside the Derby.

Group 1 Races on Victoria Derby Day include;

• AAMI Victoria Derby
• Mackinnon Stakes
• Coolmore Stud Stakes
• Myer Classic

Australia’s best colts & geldings and any outstanding fillies will line-up for the Victoria Derby in the hope of adding a Blue Riband race to their resume and the Group 2 AAMI Vase over 2040 metres, held the previous Saturday on Cox Plate Day, is generally a good guide to this race.

The Victoria Turf Club (VRC) host racing at Flemington race track and the AAMI Victoria Derby adds plenty of class and excitement to the prestigious Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, along with the Crown Oaks and Emirates Stakes held later in the Flemington carnival.

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The $2.5Million Caulfield Cup and $3Million WS Cox Plate are also highly regarded feature races held during the spring carnival and they both take place on the two previous Saturdays leading up to Derby Day.

2012 AAMI Victoria Derby Day race times

The 2012 AAMI Derby is expected to run as Race 6 on the card and competitors will most likely jump from the barriers at 3.00pm AEST Melbourne time at Flemington racecourse on Saturday 3rd November 2012, three days before Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday 6th November, 2012.

Feature race previews courtesy of premier horse racing website Horse Racing Info.

2011 Derby Day attracted 92,336 racegoers to Flemington racecourse to witness Sangster winning the 2011 AAMI Victoria Derby by a long head from Induna second and Sabrage third.

AAMI Victoria Derby History

First run in 1855, the Victoria Derby is one of the oldest classic races in this country and oddly enough, fillies won the first three editions of the race. In recent times the race has been dominated by males with Frances Tressady the last filly to win the event way back in 1923.

The Derby has been kind to maiden gallopers on the odd occasion with Martini Henry (1883), Fire Oak (1990) and Redding (1992) all going into the Derby as maidens before tasting unlikely success.

Clare Lindop became the first female jockey to win a Victoria Derby as a jockey when she rode Rebel Raider to victory in 2008 beating the hotpot Whobegotyou into second place while in 1995, highly successful trainer Gai Waterhouse became the first woman to train a Derby winner when star galloper Nothin’ Leica Dane was victorious.

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