Australian Derby

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Australian Derby
Group I race
NUFFIELD 1938 AJC SIRES PRODUCE STAKES HAROLD BADGER.jpg
Nuffield, 1938 winner Harold Badger
Location Randwick Racecourse
Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated1861;162 years ago (1861) (as Randwick Derby Stakes)
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Australian Jockey Club
Race information
Distance2,400 metres (~1+12 miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight Set Weights
colts and geldings 56+12 kg
fillies 54+12 kg
Purse A$2,000,000 (2023)
BonusesExempt from ballot in Queen Elizabeth Stakes

The Australian Derby is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at set weights held at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in April, during the Autumn ATC Championships Carnival. The race is considered to be the top ranked event for three-year-olds in Australian and New Zealand race classifications. [1]

Contents

History

Phar Lap, 1929 winner Jockey Jim Pike Phar Lap.jpg
Phar Lap, 1929 winner Jockey Jim Pike
Peter Pan, 1932 winner Jim Pike PETER PAN lll 1933 AJC ST LEGER JIM PIKE.JPG
Peter Pan, 1932 winner Jim Pike
Magnificent, 1945 winner Magnificent 1944 AJC Breeders Plate Randwick Racecourse Jockey Pat Delaney Trainer Arthur Croall.jpg
Magnificent, 1945 winner

Name

Inaugurated in 1861 as the AJC Randwick Derby Stakes, the first race was won by Kyogle, a grandson of the Touchstone who was a four-time Champion sire in Great Britain & Ireland. In 1865 the name of the race was changed to the AJC Australia Derby Stakes then from 1873 through 1993 it was called the AJC Derby. Although the race officially became the AJC Australian Derby in 1994, it is still commonly referred to as the AJC Derby.

The official records show that Prince Humphrey won the 1928 Derby, but he wasn't in the race. It was a horse called Cragsman, by the same sire but with a different dam. This substitution came to light when Dick Tate of Toowoomba saw a picture of the Derby winner and was aware that Prince Humphrey had different markings, and had photographs to prove it. [2]

From 1932 to 1956, geldings were banned from competing in the Derby.

Distance

Originally run at a distance of 1+12 miles, in 1972 the race was changed to 2,400 metres (~11.93 furlongs) to conform to the metric system. In 1978 there was no race held and under a reorganisation, it was changed from a spring racing event to be run in the autumn beginning in 1979. Contested over 2,400 metres on a right-handed turf course, it has been won by some of the greats of the Australian turf, including Phar Lap, Tulloch, and Kingston Town.

Records

Time record: (at current 2,400 metres distance)

Largest winning margin:

Most wins by a jockey:

1934 and 1943 racebooks

1945 and 1948 racebooks

Winners

Notes:

See also

The premier race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds in other countries:

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