The 2010 Victoria Derby winner has been decided with smart Kiwi galloper Lion Tamer claiming an amazing victory in the feature Flemington race today defeating a crack field of three-year-olds in the $1.5 million Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m).

The wet conditions and rain-affected track suited the Storming Home colt to a tee, and that is exactly what the Murray and Bjorn Baker-trained colt did, stormed away with the Victoria Derby win.

The soft surface and slow pace of the Derby was all in Lion Tamer’s favour.

Settling into second behind Almindoro early, with 800m to go Victoria Derby winning jockey Hugh Bowman let Lion Tamer go and they opened up on the field and continued to pull away.

With 400m to go they lead by three or four lengths, but they didn’t tire instead digging deeper and galloping away to finish an incredible five lengths away from runner-up Praecido and one of the top fancies Retrieve in third.

Lion Tamer has now won five of their 10 career starts, emerging as the champion wet tracker today!

The action of the Victoria Derby Day is far from over! With three Group race still set to run followed by the 2010 Melbourne Cup field and barrier draw so there’s plenty to look forward to and plenty of chances to win big by betting online at Luxbet!

2010 Victoria Derby Finishing Order & Results

Finish	No.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	Margin
1st	3	LION TAMER(14)	Hugh Bowman	Murray & Bjorn Baker	55.5	2-46.43
2nd	5	PRAECIDO(10)	Craig Williams	David Payne	55.5	6.5L
3rd	1	RETRIEVE(2)	Kerrin McEvoy	Peter Snowden	55.5	6.7L
4th	9	DIGITAL FORTRESS(12)	Blake Shinn	Guy Walter	55.5	7.7L
5th	2	REKINDLED INTEREST(6)	Dwayne Dunn	Jim Conlan	55.5	12.2L
6th	11	ALMINDORO(4)	Steven King	Steve Richards	55.5	14.2L
7th	6	YULALONA(13)	Mark Zahra	Peter Snowden	55.5	15.0L
8th	12	COSMONAUT(16)	Michael Rodd	Bart Cummings	55.5	17.7L
9th	10	SHOOTOFF(11)	Corey Brown	Graeme Rogerson	55.5	19.0L
10th	16	ULUNDI(3)	Ben Melham	Pat Carey	55.5	20.5L
11th	8	LUCKYI’MBAREFOOT(1)	Dean Holland	Tracey Templeton	55.5	26.0L
12th	13	KIRINATA(9)	Nash Rawiller	Paul Perry	55.5	34.0L
13th	14	PERFECT PECS(15)	Craig Newitt	Rick Hore-Lacy	55.5	35.7L
14th	4	SMOKIN’ JOEY(5)	Damien Oliver	Lee Freedman	55.5	40.7L
15th	15	TALE OF THUNDER(7)	Jim Cassidy	John P Thompson	55.5	42.7L
16th	7	KUDAKULARI(8)	Steven Arnold	Bart Cummings	55.5	47.2L
Src	17	ABSOLUTELYAWESOME	Luke Nolen	Michael Moroney
Src	18	SHADOWOFEXCELLENCE		Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
Src	19	ACCLAIMED CHAOS	Dean Yendall	Peter Healey
Src	20	KERCHINGS	Michael Walker	Anthony Cummings