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The Victoria Derby is one of the best classic races held at Flemington Racecourse as part of the prestigious and highly anticipated Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

This 2500m staying race, run on a left-handed turf course, takes place on the first day of the first of the four Melbourne Cup Carnival meetings each year on the Saturday before the famous Melbourne Cup. A Group 1 event for three-year-olds at set weights, the race is worth over $2 million and takes place in late October or early November.

The 2021 Victoria Derby ran on Saturday October 30, 2021 at Flemington and saw the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained favourite Hitotsu ($4F) salute for the punters. 

Victoria Derby Day

The Victoria Derby is the highlight event on the famous Victoria Derby Day. VRC Derby Day is one of the most exciting and elite meetings of the entire carnival as every race on the card holds group status, including three other fantastic Group 1 races: the Kennedy Cantala (1600m), Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) for three-year-olds and the Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) for the fillies and mares.

Victoria Derby 2021
Date:	Saturday October 30, 2021
Racecourse:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	2500m
Conditions:	Three-year-olds at Set Weights
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$2 million

Punters can study the form of the horses in the traditional prep race to the Derby, the Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day the weekend before. This lead-up event has been an excellent indication for the Victoria Derby in recent years, with many Derby winners coming via this middle distance race. Johnny Get Angry (3rd in 2020) was the last Vase graduate to win the Victoria Derby.

The Victoria Derby attracts a huge number of bets each year, and Derby day boasts the largest crowd attendance of any of the carnival’s race days. With so many spectators and punters, the betting markets on the Derby are always competitive and lucrative. The Victoria Derby also features in a number of popular betting doubles, including the Victoria Derby / Cox Plate double; Red Anchor (1984) was the last horse to take out this double.

2021 Victoria Derby Results

• 1st: #9 Hitotsu
• 2nd: #3 Alegron
• 3rd: #16 Teewaters

The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained favourite Hitotsu ($4) was given a patient ride by John Allen to power home from the back of the field and dominate the 2021 Victoria Derby results for the punters.

Click here to read more on the big win by the heavily-backed favourite Hitotsu in the 2021 Victoria Derby Results.

The Victoria Derby 2021 Results will be announced here naming which horse is the Victoria Derby 2021 winner and the full 2021 VRC Derby finishing order when the event takes place on Saturday October 30, 2021.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	9	HITOTSU	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen		6	57kg		$4F
	2	3	ALEGRON	James Cummings	Brett Prebble	1.75L	8	57kg		$6
	3	16	TEEWATERS	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	3.75L	3	57kg		$31
	4	14	RAGING BULL	David Payne	Michael Dee	3.95L	14	57kg		$101
	5	1	FORGOT YOU (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	8.2L	7	57kg		$6
	6	2	TUTUKAKA (NZ)	Tony Pike	James McDonald	9.45L	10	57kg		$10
	7	10	CERBERUS	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Thornton	9.95L	16	57kg		$51
	8	6	CHARACTER	James Cummings	Fred Kersley	10.45L	9	57kg		$31
	9	12	CLYDE	Gary Portelli	Dean Yendall	10.85L	5	57kg		$41
	10	7	JUNGLE MAGNATE (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Luke Currie	10.95L	4	57kg		$17
	11	8	COMMANDER HARRY (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Ms Linda Meech	11.35L	12	57kg		$41
	12	11	GUNDEC	Symon Wilde	Craig Williams	11.55L	2	57kg		$81
	13	4	GUNSTOCK (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jye McNeil	12.8L	15	57kg		$4.60
	14	13	EL ROCKO	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	32.8L	13	57kg		$151
	15	5	AKIHIRO	Gary Portelli	Ms Rachel King	33L	1	57kg		$61
	16	15	CHEERFUL MOMENT (NZ)	Lindsey Smith	Blaike McDougall	63L	11	57kg		$151
		19e	KING OF PHARAOHS	Lindsey Smith	Will Gordon		0
		20e	SPIRIT OF GAYLARD (NZ)	Mitchell Freedman	Jordan Childs		0
		17e	ZOUMON	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Glen Boss		0
		18e	SEBASTIAN THE FOX	Shay Keating	Jarrod Fry		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Victoria Derby Tips

Check out all the information on which horses to back and sack in this year’s classic on our Victoria Derby tips page, a guide to using the Derby form and history to uncover the season’s Victoria Derby winner.

CLICK HERE TO READ OUR FULL 2021 VICTORIA DERBY TIPS & BEST BETS

• To Win: #1 Forgot You ($3.60 at time of publish) 

The Vase form has been the one to follow into the Derby historically and this son of Savabeel was good late running down the tearaway 100/1 leader (stablemate Commander Harry) to win. Think with more distance he’ll be even more dominant and happy to stick with that form-line. He’s been set for this since the Stutt Stakes win, is drawn well and looking to win his way to a Melbourne Cup start here.

• Danger: #2 Tutukaka ($9 at time of publish) 

The Geelong Classic win by this Tony Pike-trained Kiwi over 2200m was impressive and no doubts he’ll handle the trip. Looks to be improving each run, is a son of gun staying sire Tavistock and faces an acid test here. He stays, but has he the class? There’s big money rolling in for him as he’s backed in from double-figures so might be worth following that money trail.

• Each Way: #3 Alegron ($9 at time of publish) 

What an open edition of the Derby! One of the other horses at single-figures is this Godolphin-raced Teofilo gelding coming off a totally different form line. He’s had two goes at HQ without a top three run, but that could change on Saturday with Brett Prebble riding so well and coming aboard. Latest run for third in Sydney’s Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) was eye-catching and that form line has been very good.

• Best Roughie: #7 Jungle Magnate ($17 at time of publish) 

Stablemate Gunstock is second-elect and much better fancied, but going out on a limb and suggesting Jungle Magnate is the potential value in this year’s Derby. He flashed from the back to nab third in the Moonee Valley Vase last weekend and should relish the rise in distance. Has placed on a Soft track so could be one of the surprise finishers that best handles the going.

2021 Victoria Derby Odds

If you want to pick the value in this season’s Victoria Derby odds that will pay off the best, then check out our Victoria Derby odds page.

All-in Victoria Derby betting odds are out months in advance of the race at all-in prices.

See below for the latest Victoria Derby 2021 odds along with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au.

2021 Victoria Derby Field

The Victoria Derby field attracts a line-up of the best three-year-old stayers of the season. The VRC Derby field rarely features fillies taking on the colts and geldings, the girls saved for the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) the following Thursday.

Good lead-up races into the Victoria Derby field include the previous weekend’s Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) on Cox Plate Day and the Listed Geelong Classic (2200m) held in late October.

The 2021 Victoria Derby field is released on the Tuesday of race week and will be published in full below once announced by Racing Victoria.

The official Victoria Derby 2021 final field features a capacity line-up of three-year-old stayers led in betting by Caulfield Classic winning Tavistock colt Gunstock and Forgot You on the quick back-up out of last Saturday’s Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase win.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2021 Victoria Derby field and betting markets.