The Group 1 $1.5 illion 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 2018 Victoria Derby field is due for release on Tuesday October 31, four days before the race runs on Saturday November 3, 2018 – 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.

Bet on the 2018 Victoria Derby Final Field

2018 Victoria Derby Final Field

The 2018 Victoria Derby field will be released by Racing Victoria on Tuesday October 31 and published in full below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	131131	THINKIN’ BIG	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	9	55.5kg	–	91
2	214123	ARAMAYO	James Cummings	Tye Angland	10	55.5kg	–	88
3	21116	EXTRA BRUT Super Vobis Bonus Scheme	Darren Weir	John Allen	15	55.5kg	–	78
4	78×647221	STARS OF CARRUM	Robbie Laing	Ben Melham	7	55.5kg	–	89
5	4115×6381	HOME GROUND	John Sargent	Hugh Bowman	16	55.5kg	–	74
6	259×1155	MICKEY BLUE EYES	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Regan Bayliss	3	55.5kg	–	73
7	5321132	SAVOIE	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	17	55.5kg	–	78
8	711704	VISAO	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Damian Lane	13	55.5kg	–	69
9	200×969430	SEBERATE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Cory Parish	18	55.5kg	–	67
10	6512	CHAPADA	Michael Moroney	James McDonald	12	55.5kg	–	68
11	7×26123	SIKORSKY	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	6	55.5kg	–	67
12	1x45x19892	FAROOQ	Tony McEvoy	Kerrin McEvoy	2	55.5kg	–	68
13	715×22340	LOUIE THE LEGEND Super Vobis Bonus Scheme	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Dwayne Dunn	11	55.5kg	–	62
14	18464	SAVVY OAK (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Mark Zahra	5	55.5kg	–	66
15	124	TOLEMAC	Francis Finnegan	14	55.5kg	–	64
16	93313	GRINZINGER STAR (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	4	55.5kg	–	65
17e	151	ALESSANDRO	Robbie Griffiths	Ben Thompson	1	55.5kg	–	67
18e	8321	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	James Winks	8	55.5kg	–	62