Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	4	WARNING	Anthony Freedman	Damien Oliver	–	10	55.5kg	$9.50
2	10	SOUTHERN MOON	Mitchell Freedman	Billy Egan	3.25L	7	55.5kg	$21
3	2	SOUL PATCH	Ken Keys	Dwayne Dunn	4.25L	2	55.5kg	$3.60
4	11	RELUCENT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	9L	4	55.5kg	$21
5	1	SHADOW HERO	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	10L	9	55.5kg	$3F
6	7	INDEPENDENT ROAD	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	12.5L	6	55.5kg	$31
7	8	LONG JACK	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Craig Williams	14.25L	15	55.5kg	$21
8	9	CRAFTMANSHIP (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jamie Kah	16.25L	11	55.5kg	$91
9	6	HUNTLY CASTLE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	19.25L	12	55.5kg	$51
10	3	THOUGHT OF THAT	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	19.45L	1	55.5kg	$4.80
11	15	SIGN SEAL DELIVER	Matt Cumani	John Allen	21.95L	13	55.5kg	$151
12	13	TRANSLATOR	Nigel Blackiston	Jordan Childs	22.95L	3	55.5kg	$101
13	12	HE IS	Mark Kavanagh	Dean Yendall	23.15L	14	55.5kg	$151
14	16	LUCKY EDWARD	Tony Vasil	Jack Hill	35.15L	5	55.5kg	$301
15	14	NAVARRE	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Walker	47.15L	8	55.5kg	$201
–	5	SERIOUS LIAISON	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	–	0	–	–

The Group 1 $2 million Victoria Derby (2500m) is the feature race on Victoria Derby Day, which kicks off the Melbourne Cup Carnival, and the Victoria Derby field features a line-up of the season’s best three-year-old stayers.

The 2019 Victoria Derby field is due for release on Tuesday of race week, four days before the race runs on Saturday November 2, 2019 – the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup takes place on the first Tuesday of November.

Before the release of the Victoria Derby field each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, the Victoria Derby nominations are taken in September. This is followed by Victoria Derby first acceptances in October and then the final field of Victoria Derby acceptances.

As an indication of horses likely to contest the Victoria Derby field it is a good idea to watch the earlier three-year-old races like the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) held three weeks earlier.

2019 Victoria Derby Final Field

The 2019 Victoria Derby field will be released by Racing Victoria on the Tuesday leading-up to Derby Day and published in full below.

The 2019 VRC Derby Field features 16 hopefuls including the Spring Champion Stakes winner Shadow Hero who defeated subsequent Cox Plate runner-up Castelvecchio. The Caulfield Classic winner Thought Of That is drawn the rails, while the Kiwi raider Long Jack backs up off a Geelong Classic victory but is drawn the outside alley (16 of 16).

Read more on the Victoria Derby Field & Barriers for 2019.

Update:  After showing signs of inflammation to his high suspensory the Danny O’Brien-trained #5 Serious Liaison (7) has been scratched from the 2019 VRC Derby field.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	214×311	SHADOW HERO	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	10	55.5kg	107
2	1×2181	SOUL PATCH	Ken Keys	Dwayne Dunn	2	55.5kg	90
3	653×2511	THOUGHT OF THAT	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	1	55.5kg	81
4	74×3412	WARNING	Anthony Freedman	Damien Oliver	11	55.5kg	77
5	51413	SERIOUS LIAISON	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	7	55.5kg	72
6	6711×735	HUNTLY CASTLE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	13	55.5kg	69
7	21×9824	INDEPENDENT ROAD	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	6	55.5kg	70
8	22×1661	LONG JACK	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Craig Williams	16	55.5kg	75
9	8×1515	CRAFTMANSHIP (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jamie Kah	12	55.5kg
10	0x3212	SOUTHERN MOON	Mitchell Freedman	Billy Egan	8	55.5kg	68
11	432323	RELUCENT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	4	55.5kg	63
12	48×1557	HE IS	Mark Kavanagh	Dean Yendall	15	55.5kg	61
13	77×4824	TRANSLATOR	Nigel Blackiston	Jordan Childs	3	55.5kg	60
14	256×74528	NAVARRE	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Walker	9	55.5kg	55
15	235	SIGN SEAL DELIVER	Matt Cumani	John Allen	14	55.5kg	60
16	6840	LUCKY EDWARD	Tony Vasil	Jack Hill	5	55.5kg	58