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 2017 Victoria Derby field is due for release on Tuesday October 31, four days before the race runs on Saturday November 4, 2017 – 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 2017 Victoria Derby Final Field

2017 Victoria Derby Final Field

The 2017 Victoria Derby field will be released by Racing Victoria on Tuesday October 31 and published in full below.

The Victoria Derby 2017 Final Field is now out with Spring Champion Stakes winner Ace High in barrier three chasing a third win on the trot. Geelong Classic winner Weather With You also drew well in gate two looking to continue the good recent record of New Zealand stayers in the race, while Main Stage has work to do from a wide barrier (14) having been elevated to the top of betting after a number of notable non-acceptances.

Read more on the official 2017 VRC Derby Final Field.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	5564×15511	ACE HIGH	David Payne	Tye Angland	3	55.5kg	100
2	51100×9422	TANGLED	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	11	55.5kg	90
3	120×31553	ASTORIA	James Cummings	Damian Lane	1	55.5kg	77
4	1617×42565	ESHTIRAAK	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	5	55.5kg	70
5	3×21213	MAIN STAGE (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Walker	14	55.5kg	75
6	23×1143	SULLY (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Hugh Bowman	15	55.5kg	77
7	422×2471	WEATHER WITH YOU	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Mark Zahra	2	55.5kg	72
8	226×14554	ABERRO	Matt Laurie	Ben Melham	13	55.5kg	63
9	505×75164	PISSARO	Robbie Laing	Noel Callow	10	55.5kg	62
10	8325716	JUSTICE FAITH	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	16	55.5kg	61
11	312	OCEAN’S FOURTEEN (NZ)	Aaron Purcell	Luke Nolen	7	55.5kg	67
12	0x121	GREYCLIFFE (NZ)	Matt Cumani	Jordan Childs	9	55.5kg	67
13	2230	JOHNNY VINKO (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Stephen Baster	4	55.5kg	63
14	004×547327	NOTHING TOO HARD	Paul Perry	Beau Mertens (a)	12	55.5kg	57
15	3210	ROCKARRAL	Tony McEvoy	John Allen	8	55.5kg	62
16	326	WOLFE TONE (NZ)	Francis Finnegan	Jye McNeil	17	55.5kg	60
17e	5×7822	BEACHWOOD (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	TBA	6	55.5kg	56