Victoria Derby Field

2023 Victoria Derby Results

  • 1st: #4 Riff Rocket ($2.20F)
  • 2nd: #1 Apulia
  • 3rd: #5 Sunsets

The Victoria Derby 2023 Results will be announced here naming which horse is the Victoria Derby 2023 winner and the full 2023 VRC Derby finishing order when the event takes place on Saturday November 4, 2023.

Chris Waller’s progressive young stayer Riff Rocket ($2.20F) was brave off a gun ride by jockey James McDonald holding off a late challenge by the flying Apulia to salute for the favourite backers in the Victoria Derby 2023 results.

Click here for more on the narrow win by the favourite Riff Rocket in the 2023 VRC Derby results.

2023 Victoria Derby Results & Finishing Order

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 4 RIFF ROCKET Chris Waller James McDonald 5 57kg $2.20F
2 1 APULIA Ben, Will & JD Hayes Mark Zahra 0.1L 3 57kg $4.20
3 5 SUNSETS Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young John Allen 1.1L 16 57kg $13
4 9 KOSGEI Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Blake Shinn 3.35L 12 57kg $51
5 2 VERDAD Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Jye McNeil 7.85L 4 57kg $12
6 13 MERCANTE Nigel Blackiston Damien Oliver 8.05L 11 57kg $41
7 8 GATES Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman Luke Nolen 8.8L 14 57kg $11
8 15 WARIALDA WARRIOR John Ramsey Darryl McLellan 9.1L 9 57kg $101
9 6 MAKE A CALL Peter & Paul Snowden Ms Jamie Kah 10.1L 15 57kg $81
10 10 BULAWAYO Pat Carey & Harris Walker Ms Celine Gaudray (a) 12.85L 7 57kg $81
11 12 ROGUERY Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans Billy Egan 13.15L 1 57kg $41
12 7 GOLD BULLION (NZ) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Opie Bosson 14.4L 13 57kg $20
13 3 AIR ASSAULT Andrew Gluyas Ben Allen 16.15L 6 57kg $17
14 14 TO BE FRANK (NZ) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jamie Spencer 19.65L 10 57kg $91
15 11 SACRED EAGLE Symon Wilde Jordan Childs 20.05L 2 57kg $101
16 16 TOKYO RUN (NZ) Dean Mirfin Declan Bates 20.25L 8 57kg $201

Table Credit: Racing Australia.


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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 2023 Victoria Derby field is due for release on Wednesday of race week, three days before the race runs on Saturday November 4, 2023 – the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup takes place on the first Tuesday of November.

2023 Victoria Derby Field, Nominations & Acceptance Dates

  • 2023 Victoria Derby Nominations: Closed on Monday October 30, 2023
  • 2023 Victoria Derby Final Field: Released on Wednesday November 1, 2023

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 a few weeks earlier.

2023 Victoria Derby Final Field

The 2023 Victoria Derby field will be released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading-up to Derby Day and published in full below.

The Victoria Derby 2023 final field is now out with a capacity line-up of three-year-olds including Moonee Valley Vase winner Apulia in gate three and Chris Waller’s race favourite Riff Rocket to jump from barrier five with James McDonald aboard.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2023 VRC Derby field and betting markets

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 242×12841 APULIA Ben, Will & JD Hayes Mark Zahra 3 57kg 88
2 1262 VERDAD Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Jye McNeil 4 57kg 76
3 x6551x4413 AIR ASSAULT Andrew Gluyas Ben Allen 6 57kg 74
4 17×1212 RIFF ROCKET Chris Waller James McDonald 5 57kg 80
5 4×5251241 SUNSETS Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young John Allen 16 57kg 80
6 2569×80772 MAKE A CALL Peter & Paul Snowden Ms Jamie Kah 15 57kg 64
7 23116 GOLD BULLION (NZ) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Opie Bosson 13 57kg 70
8 78×13 GATES Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman Luke Nolen 14 57kg 70
9 1203 KOSGEI Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Blake Shinn 12 57kg 64
10 01054 BULAWAYO Pat Carey & Harris Walker Ms Celine Gaudray (a) 7 57kg 63
11 3×4214 SACRED EAGLE Symon Wilde Jordan Childs 2 57kg 63
12 7×4311 ROGUERY Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans Billy Egan 1 57kg 66
13 9612 MERCANTE Nigel Blackiston Damien Oliver 11 57kg 63
14 417 TO BE FRANK (NZ) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jamie Spencer 10 57kg 63
15 24431 WARIALDA WARRIOR John Ramsey Darryl McLellan 9 57kg 60
16 5×32525 TOKYO RUN (NZ) Dean Mirfin 8 57kg 59

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Victoria Derby Nominations

The Victoria Derby Nominations for 2023 will be updated below as soon as released.

The 2023 Victoria Derby nominations attracted 23 three-year-old stayers led in all-in betting by the in-form Chris Waller-trained Riff Rocket and Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase winning Fiorente colt Apulia for the Hayes’ stable.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 x6551x4413 AIR ASSAULT G 3 Andrew Gluyas 74
2 242×12841 APULIA C 3 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 88
3 3530 BLOOMING EDGE G 3 Trevor J Andrews 60
4 01054 BULAWAYO C 3 Pat Carey & Harris Walker 63
5 7x335x9732 CAP FERRAT C 3 Chris Waller 85
6 1786×41183 GANBARE C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 88
7 78×13 GATES C 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 70
8 23116 GOLD BULLION (NZ) G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 70
9 040x GOLDEN ARTIFACT C 3 Trevor J Andrews 55
10 1203 KOSGEI G 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 64
11 2569×80772 MAKE A CALL C 3 Peter & Paul Snowden 64
12 533310 MEDATSU (NZ) G 3 Chris Waller 64
13 9612 MERCANTE G 3 Nigel Blackiston 63
14 17×1212 RIFF ROCKET G 3 Chris Waller 80
15 7×4311 ROGUERY G 3 Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans 66
16 3×4214 SACRED EAGLE C 3 Symon Wilde 63
17 7×464104 STEEL BLAZE C 3 Brett Lazzarini 61
18 4×5251241 SUNSETS C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 80
19 0x44314525 SUNSOURCE C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 73
20 417 TO BE FRANK (NZ) C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 63
21 5×32525 TOKYO RUN (NZ) G 3 Dean Mirfin 59
22 1262 VERDAD G 3 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock 76
23 24431 WARIALDA WARRIOR G 3 John Ramsey 60

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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