Victoria Derby Day



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.

Outside of the Group 1 VRC Derby Day races a key event is the Group 3 Lexus Archer Stakes (2500m) offering the winner a ballot exemption into the official Melbourne Cup Field.

The official Victoria Derby Day flower is the cornflower.

2023 Victoria Derby Day will take place on Saturday November 4, 2023 at Flemington Racecourse, and the official VRC Derby Day 2023 schedule and race program will be published below once released by Racing Victoria.

2023 Victoria Derby Day Races

2023 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.

Race 1 (12:20PM) – Group 3 $500,000 Network 10 Carbine Club Stakes (1600 METRES) – BET NOW

Race 2 (1:00PM) – Group 3 $300,000 Lexus Archer Stakes (2500 METRES) – BET NOW

Race 3 (1:40PM) – Group 3 $200,000 Furphy Sprint (1100 METRES) – BET NOW

Race 4 (2:20PM) – Group 3 $200,000 Racing and Sports Rising Fast Stakes (1200 METRES) – BET NOW

Race 5 (3:00PM) – Group 2 $300,000 TAB Wakeful Stakes (2000 METRES) – BET NOW

Race 6 (3:40PM) – Group 1 $2,000,000 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200 METRES) – BET NOW

Race 7 (4:20PM) – Group 1 $2,000,000 Penfolds Victoria Derby (2500 METRES) – BET NOW

Race 8 (5:00PM) – Group 1 $1,000,000 TAB Empire Rose Stakes (1600 METRES) – BET NOW

Race 9 (5:40PM) – Group 2 $500,000 The Damien Oliver (1400 METRES) – BET NOW

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