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Victoria Derby Day is the first of four meetings run at Flemington Racecourse during the annual Melbourne Cup Carnival.

VRC Derby Day runs on the Saturday before Melbourne Cup Day, held on the first Tuesday of November, and features all-Group racing.

All nine Victoria Derby Day races hold Group status making it the only meeting in Australia where every event is a Group race and is dubbed a day for racing purists.

Three Group 1 races headline the Victoria Derby Day program with the meeting’s marquee race being the time-honoured Group 1 $2 million Victoria Derby (2500m) for three-year-olds.

The official Victoria Derby Day flower is the cornflower.

2024 Victoria Derby Day will take place on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at Flemington Racecourse, and the official VRC Derby Day 2024 schedule and race program will be published below once released by Racing Victoria.

2024 Victoria Derby Day Races

• Group 1 $2 million Victoria Derby (2500m)
• Group 1 $2 million Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m)
• Group 1 $1 million Empire Rose Stakes (1600m)
• Group 2 $300,000 Wakeful Stakes (2000m)
• Group 2 $300,000 Linlithgow Stakes (1200m) – run in 2024 as The Damien Oliver
• Group 3 $200,000 The Vanity (1400m) – moved from the autumn
• Group 3 $200,000 Begonia Belle Stakes (1100m) – run as the Furphy Sprint
• Group 3 $500,000 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m)
• Group 3 $200,000 Rising Fast Stakes (1200m) – formerly the Chatham Stakes over 1400m

2024 Victoria Derby Day Schedule

The confirmed VRC Derby Day scheduled, race start times and scratchings will be updated here once announced by Racing Victoria.

All times quoted are local (AEDT) and subject to change.

Carbine Club Stakes Gr. 3 3YO SW&P (VRC Carbine Club Stakes) 1600m $503,385

The TAB Vanity Gr. 3 3YO Fillies SW&P (N/C) 1400m $203,385

Wakeful Stakes Gr. 2 3YO Fillies SW&P (Wakeful Stakes) 2000m $304,485

The Damien Oliver Gr. 2 Hcp (Linlithgow Stakes) 1400m $504,485

TAB Empire Rose Stakes Gr. 1 F&M WFA (Empire Rose Stakes) 1600m $1,005,185

Penfolds Victoria Derby Gr. 1 3YO SW (Victoria Derby) 2500m $2,174,385

Coolmore Stud Stakes Gr. 1 3YO SW (Ascot Vale Stakes) 1200m $2,005,185

Rising Fast Stakes Gr. 3 Hcp (Chatham Stakes) 1200m $203,385

Furphy Sprint Gr. 3 Mares SW&P (Begonia Belle Stakes) 1100m $203,385