Capacity 2016 Victoria Derby Field Released

October 26, 2016

Capacity 2016 Victoria Derby Field Released

A full field of three-year-old stayers will face off at Flemington Racecourse in the Victoria Derby 2016 this Saturday with final acceptances taken on Wednesday.

Captain Duffy

Geelong Classic winner Captain Duffy will line-up in a capacity 2016 Victoria Derby field at Flemington on Saturday. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Due to run as Flemington Race 7 at 3:50pm (AEDT), this year’s $1.5 million Group 1 AAMI Victoria Derby (2500m) has attracted a capacity 16 starters plus four emergencies awaiting a scratching to make the field.

The Victoria Derby field has run at capacity for the past six years, with a 10-horse line-up in 2009 when Monaco Consul won in the wet the last time less than 16 starters took to the track in the lucrative three-years-old classic.

2016 Victoria Derby barriers are set to be released shortly, with the inside alley providing five winners since 1983 making it the most successful in recent history.

Favourite in this season’s Victoria Derby betting markets at Ladbrokes.com.au is the Tony Pike-trained New Zealander Sacred Elixir.

Jockey Zac Purton takes over for Damian Lane in the saddle of the Pour Moi gelding who chases the Moonee Valley Vase – VRC Derby double last completed by Efficient (2006).

Since then the Vase has produced a further three Victoria Derby champions including the recently retired Tarzino (3rd in 2015) last year.

Sacred Elixir beat home his rivals in the 2040m Cox Plate Day Group 2 clash just last Saturday so is on the quick back-up aiming for a second elite level title after taking out the Group 1 J.J. Atkins (1600m) in Brisbane during the winter.

Kiwi youngsters also have a good recent record in the Derby with the recent success of Lion Tamer (2010) and Sangster (2011).

The gallopers that finish second and third respectively in the Moonee Valley Vase last Saturday, Morvada and So Si Bon, are also in the mix for Saturday’s rematch.

Peter Jolly’s Mossman gelding Morvada has run top three in his six latest runs, only running outside of Adelaide for the first time when a half-length second in the Vase as a $41 roughie in betting.

So Si Bon is prepared by Robbie Laing, the So You Think colt chasing his first stakes’ win with a Derby upset.

Boosting his chances is the booking of Hugh Bowman for the ride, Bowman having ridden three previous Victoria Derby winners in the past six years most recently aboard Polanski (2013).

Triple VRC Derby winning jockey Hugh Bowman rides Vase third placegetter So Si Bon in the classic on Saturday

In the past 10 years three Victoria Derby winners came off a last-start victory and along with Sacred Elixir the only other confirmed starter shooting for successive wins is the Phillip Stokes-trained Captain Duffy.

The King Cugat colt won the Listed Geelong Classic (2200m) in an upset from barrier 16 of 16 on October 19, a race that produced the Victoria Derby winner Preferment (2nd in 2014) two years ago.

Outside of the Vase the other key lead-up race into the VRC Derby in recent years is the Group 3 Norman Robinson Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield.

The Norman Robinson – VRC Derby double was last achieved by Polanksi (2013) and while this year’s winner of the first leg Good Standing is a notable non-acceptor for the Group 1, the runner-up Rocketeer and third placed Inference are both in the mix.

Last year’s Victoria Derby winning trainer Mick Price saddles-up Smart Missile gelding Rocketeer who has run second in his four latest starts, Mark Zahra coming aboard for the ride on Saturday.

Inference is prepared by Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes and has won three of his four starts, the son of So You Think one of the best in Victoria Derby betting this Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Team Hawkes have also accepted for Swear in the Victoria Derby field this year, Tommy Berry retaining the ride on the Redoute’s Choice colt who comes off a Sydney second behind subsequent Cox Plate third placed filly Yankee Rose in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m).

See below for the full Victoria Derby 2016 field, barriers and odds from Ladbrokes.com.au set for release shortly.

2016 Victoria Derby Final Field of Acceptances

Flemington Race 7 (3:50pm) – 29/10/2016

# Form (Last 10) Horse Trainer Jockey Br. Weight Hcp. Rating
1 16x161x181 SACRED ELIXIR (NZ) Tony Pike Zac Purton 0 55.5kg 99
2 3211×46335 PRIZED ICON James Cummings Glyn Schofield 0 55.5kg 95
3 1×162 SWEAR Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Tommy Berry 0 55.5kg 90
4 6×512222 ROCKETEER Mick Price Mark Zahra 0 55.5kg 74
5 x7431x2232 MORVADA Peter Jolly Steven Arnold 0 55.5kg 78
6 21×1143 INFERENCE Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Dwayne Dunn 0 55.5kg 72
7 7415×9601 CAPTAIN DUFFY Phillip Stokes TBA 0 55.5kg 72
8 1127 SILVERA Tony McEvoy Kerrin McEvoy 0 55.5kg 73
9 73×37515 WINE BUSH Chris Waller Joao Moreira 0 55.5kg 72
10 26×1653 SO SI BON Robbie Laing Hugh Bowman 0 55.5kg 75
11 2x21x6258 KENT John O’Shea James McDonald 0 55.5kg 68
12 1139 HIGHLAD Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman Craig Williams 0 55.5kg 73
13 26×6194 BEACH LIFE Ciaron Maher Nicholas Hall 0 55.5kg 65
14 51546564 TUMULTUOUS Chris Waller Ben Melham 0 55.5kg 65
15 8×535332 HOLLYWOOD MO Paul Perry Stephen Baster 0 55.5kg 67
16 7103×985 ALL OUT OF LOVE David & B Hayes & T Dabernig Blake Shinn 0 55.5kg 63
17e 1×5441 PETER JOHN (NZ) John Sargent Michael Walker 0 55.5kg 65
18e 32321 ANAHEIM Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young TBA 0 55.5kg 61
19e 09541 SHINE TAK STAR John Sargent TBA 0 55.5kg 61
20e 06×5316 ZOFFMAN Aaron Purcell TBA 0 55.5kg 61

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